| #135: Measure Capacitor ESR with an Oscilloscope and Function Generator W2AEW |
| #135: Measure Capacitor ESR with an Oscilloscope and Function Generator This video discusses how to measure the ESR (equivalent series resistance) of a capacitor using an oscilloscope and function generator. All of the capacitors tested in this video were 220uF electrolytic caps. In reality, the resistance in the plates of a dried out electrolytic capacitor can't be modeled as a simple series resistor, but for the purposes of identifying good from bad, this simplification works fine. In the video, I show the ESR meter that I made in 2006. https://youtu.be/115erzCCxgE https://www.qsl.net/w/w2aew//youtube/Measuring_capacitor_ESR.pdf |