I was using my Cornell Dubilier BF-50 (vintage) capacitor analyzer with all of the right things showing on the “Magic Eye” 6E5 (Philips JAN (Mil-Spec)) electron tube’s eye for leakage, short, and open tests. By the way, the BF-50 uses a 12A7 (Tungsol) electron tube for both rectification of the AC input and amplification. Both […]
Cornell Dubilier BF-50 Capacitor Analyzer
In order to verify the vintage capacitor collection I slowly attained all perform to spec, I started to look for capacitor analyzers. The most well known is the Sprague TEL-OHMIKE series. Trying to find one of the Sprague designs at a reasonable price is difficult though. The TEL-OHMIKE brings $175-$250 on Ebay and I wasn’t […]