Here we take a look at the various and curious ways we can use an ESR Meter! Learn how to test and recognise bad capacitors, test and measure unknown inductors and even trace short circuit MOSFETS using an ESR meter

CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:47 What Is ESR
00:05:06 Testing Capacitors
00:10:34 How Does ESR Meter Work?
00:12:00 Bad Capacitors (type 1)
00:14:19 Bad Capacitors (type 2)
00:16:56 Measuring Inductors
00:30:39 Short Circuit Finding In VRM
00:38:04 That’s Not A Knife!
00:40:04 Conclusion


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