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Designed and manufactured with pride in the UK

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 Peak Electronic Design Limited 2004/2016 

In the interests of development, information in this guide is subject to change without notice ' E&OE 

 

GB60/70'9

 

Summary of Contents for Atlas ESR Series

Page 1: ...as and Designed and manufactured with pride in the UK Peak Electronic Design Limited 2004 2016 In the interests of development information in this guide is subject to change without notice E OE GB60 7...

Page 2: ...user guide but please make sure that you do at least take a look at the notices on page 4 Introduction 3 Important Considerations 4 Notes on ESR 5 Analysing capacitors 6 8 Typical values of ESR 9 10 A...

Page 3: ...ces the need for the user to manually discharge capacitors before test Use in or out of circuit for ESR and low ohms resistance measurement The ESR70 features audible alerts for quick user feedback of...

Page 4: ...ed before connection to the unit To allow the self protection mechanism to function always ensure that the has completed any analysis before connecting the test probes to a component Failure to comply...

Page 5: ...citance and the ESR An increase in ESR due to age abuse or temperature cycling can result in poor capacitor performance The capacitor becomes less ideal and starts to dissipate more power an ideal cap...

Page 6: ...unit will start a component analysis when it detects that the open circuit probes have been applied to a component or when on test button is re pressed If the capacitor is charged 50V the will attemp...

Page 7: ...measured It is not necessary to wait for the capacitance measurement to complete if you re not interested in the capacitance value If the probes are removed from the component under test before the c...

Page 8: ...erally determined by the absolute value of the ESR as shown in the above table low capacitance values can result in a poorer ESR measurement resolution The maximum ESR measurement is limited to 20M fo...

Page 9: ...User Guide October 2016 Rev 9 Page 9...

Page 10: ...be acceptable As a guide only the following log scaled graph shows typical values of ESR for a range of different capacitance and voltage ratings 0 01 0 1 1 10 1 10 100 1000 10000 Capacitance F 10V 63...

Page 11: ...ep Barp Measured ESR 5 0M Single Bell Ping Measured ESR 1 0M Double Bell Ping Ping You can switch audible alerts on or off by holding down the on test button for about 2 seconds when powering up the u...

Page 12: ...t the procedure is complete and then switch off If the following message is displayed then the probes may not have been correctly shorted during the above proecedure It is useful to test the integrity...

Page 13: ...s poor and therefore render your unit susceptible to damage from even low energy charged capacitors The will not continue to operate if a low battery condition is encountered New batteries can be purc...

Page 14: ...han 60 seconds then the discharge process will be aborted It is recommend that you safely discharge the capacitor manually and try analysis again Display shows Warning V 132V Safely discharge If the v...

Page 15: ...ESR accuracy for ESR 2M 1 5 0 02M ESR accuracy for ESR 2M 1 5 0 2M Abuse voltage for C 10TF 275V 3 Abuse voltage for C 10TF 50V 3 Auto Discharge voltage limit 50V Battery type MN21 GP23A 12V Alkaline...

Page 16: ...ustomer s statutory rights are not affected by any of the above All claims must be accompanied by a proof of purchase 0 1 In 2006 the European Union introduced regulations WEEE for the collection and...

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