09-06-2012, 01:13 PM
Coincidentally when David posted the question about the VC60B+ insulation tester, I had just decided to order one. (As it happens, not from the supplier in the link, but another ebay shop who ship from within the UK rather than direct from China).
It arrived this morning and I have had a play with it. Although its operation is fairly obvious, my only criticism is that the instruction book is only in Chinese! I have emailed the seller to ask if an English version is available, just in case I have missed anything obvious.
I have only tried it out on a few 0.1 and 0.5 uF NOS capacitors on the 250v range so far (I agree it would be more versatile if it also had lower test voltages), and have got readings of between 7 and 20 Mohms. What would be considered to be a 'fail' reading?
To check the accuracy, I measured 15 Mohm and a 200 Mohm hi-stab resistors and the results were spot on.
It looks like it should prove useful!
Andy
It arrived this morning and I have had a play with it. Although its operation is fairly obvious, my only criticism is that the instruction book is only in Chinese! I have emailed the seller to ask if an English version is available, just in case I have missed anything obvious.
I have only tried it out on a few 0.1 and 0.5 uF NOS capacitors on the 250v range so far (I agree it would be more versatile if it also had lower test voltages), and have got readings of between 7 and 20 Mohms. What would be considered to be a 'fail' reading?
To check the accuracy, I measured 15 Mohm and a 200 Mohm hi-stab resistors and the results were spot on.
It looks like it should prove useful!
Andy
