Capacitor Wizard

I have one, use it all the time.
I have also used the Blue ESR and I like the cap wizard better. Also keep in mind the blue esr is a kit you have to put together. I have seen some places that sell it assembled. If you have the choice pay the extra few bucks instead of the kit.
 
At one time I had both the Capacitor Wizard and the CapAnalyzer88A.

I ended up giving away the Capacitor Wizard because it simply could not find all the bad capacitors that the CapAnalyzer88A did.

http://www.eds-inc.com/cap.html
 

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Personally never used one, but am familiar with them.
You can find them much cheaper than that too (i.e. http://www.flippers.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=3 ).
When I'm working on a monitor I just do a full cap kit, as they are all the same age and likely to cause grief soon enough.
cheers
/Tim

I have the blue esr meter. It has saved me plenty of time. When I recapped my arkanoid monitor the symptoms got worse after checking the caps I found 2 brand new bad caps. I never would have found with out it.
 
I also use the CapAnalyzer88A at work. Used it on monitors, video cards, and PC motherboards. It has been very helpful. I am thinking of creating my own personal stash of caps and get my own CapAnalyzer for my own use.
 
I've been meaning to buy one of these for years so I am glad to hear someone has experience with both of those brands. Time for me to do some googling to find a reseller and price.

BTW, Independence Electronics isn't too far from me (what is lett of them anyway), and I've even bought games from them in the past (their entire stash is long, long gone).

Scott C.
 
Like Ken said, I think the cap analyzer is a better meter. If I recall the price is a little higher on them. I have been using the cap wizard for over a year now and its been really helpful. From what I hear the people like the Blue ESR. I would say buy whichever one fits your budget.
 
I do have to say one thing that really impressed me about the Blue esr meter is when I was building it I switched two of the caps on the board. So when the time came to use it I could not calibrate it or zero the leads. Lucky for me it has a self diagnosis mode the error code lead me right to the switched caps. First time I ever put together a kit with its own dignosis to tell you when you screwed up.
 
I do have to say one thing that really impressed me about the Blue esr meter is when I was building it I switched two of the caps on the board. So when the time came to use it I could not calibrate it or zero the leads. Lucky for me it has a self diagnosis mode the error code lead me right to the switched caps. First time I ever put together a kit with its own dignosis to tell you when you screwed up.

Thats interesting to know. I built one of these a while back for a friend. When i was done I asked what the price difference was for one already built and it was only a few bucks. They are pretty time consuming to put together so just something to think about when considering the kit.
 
It would be very nice to have one of these. Looks like NEI has the best price at 209. But if you had a distributors number for happ controls, you might pick it up there cheaper as its 219.95 and I think they give a decent percent off. And Happ has the capaciter wizard for 200 as well.
 
Thanks for all the input guys......

I just picked up a CapAnalyzer88A. Best price I could find for it, including shipping, was $231

http://www.elexp.com/tst_t88a.htm

Other places had it cheaper, but then added another $40 for shipping!
 
I have used the cap wizard but when it comes to monitor repair, its easier to just do a cap kit, rather than trying to find a single bad cap.
 
I agree, if I am going to work on a chassis, I'll just cap the whole thing.
I plan on using it more for troubleshooting PCBs......
 
I agree, if I am going to work on a chassis, I'll just cap the whole thing.
I plan on using it more for troubleshooting PCBs......

This is what I use my Capacitor Wizard for. It works great. As mentioned, it's also nice for testing new caps that come in a cap kit. New caps are not always good caps.
 
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