Monthly Archives: August 2011

I got into an interesting conversation via email with a customer about use of BNC connectors to carry high voltage. The HIPOT tester was already out so off I went. The Hi Pot tester used goes to 4000 volts RMS. … Continue reading →

OK. It’s a little modern for Leeds but the 610C does the impossible: it measures resistance, voltage, charge (in coulombs) and current down to 100 pico-amperes full scale – that’s .0001 billionths of an ampere. A wonderful and versatile instrument. … Continue reading →

One of my favorite pieces of equipment. Unbelievably well made. It’s fairly big; approx. 23 cm wide, 18 cm tall and 15 cm deep.You can use it as a 0-1.1 pf or o to 11 pf variable depending on which … Continue reading →

Mica capacitors were invented in 1909 by William Dubilier. He’s the Dubilier in Cornell-Dubilier. Here’s a late 30’s/early-40’s Aerovox .0011 mfd 5000 volt transmitting mica cap. Transmitting mica are different than regular mica caps because they can pass significant RF … Continue reading →