This is an ESR detector for caps, electrolytics mainly that cause so many of   
   the problems in electronic equipment. This is not meant to be a lab quality   
   instrument, it is mew=ant to be a fast way to check alot of caps and that does   
   find many electronic    
   problems. Nobody in the business will really argue with that unless they work   
   on some weird shit.    
      
   One of the earlier ones was the Creative Electronics "Wonderbox". It did well,   
   I used one for a time. It is an ohmmeter, but an AC ohmmeter measuring at 50   
   KHz. This works well but their rendition of it is lab quality and we don't   
   need that for servicing.   
       
      
   Then came the Dick Smith. A fine meter but digital. It would give you the ESR   
   accurately and then refer you to a chart to find out if that value of cap was   
   in spec or not.    
      
   My device gets rid of most of that. The bar graph shows a go/nogo condition   
   almost independent of the value, and actually the application. Many people do   
   not realize the application matters, in one circuit a cap would do just fine   
   but in another not at    
   all.    
      
   And after decades in the business you'll find that the applications in which   
   they're used, the moire demanding ones make them go bad faster and the less   
   demanding ones let them live longer.    
      
   The thing about servicing this shit now i s that extreme efficiency is   
   required. You want to be in the business you can't waste a dime, and even if   
   you have the best employees, you could still fail and probably will. But when   
   you learn how to rally    
   troubleshoot it carries on to other aspects of life.    
      
   My next post will be the actual ASC file and nothing else. If you have TLSpice   
   you know, but everyone else, mark all the text, right click and "Copy", open a   
   new text document, "Paste" it in and then rename the file whatever name you   
   want, but change the    
   extension to ASC. Windows will warn you but do it anyway. then a double click   
   will take it to LTSpice and you see the schematic.    
      
   I am putting nothing else in this next post.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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