Dan Michaels wrote:

> Does someone know if you measure the ESR of an electrolytic cap
> simply by taking the minimum impedance vs frequency, and comparing
> against Xc = 1/(2*pi*F*C), or does it require a more complicated
> measurement procedure?
>
> Also, from a practical viewpoint, what is considered to be a
> bad ESR value? Maybe, > 1 ohm?
>
> Any definitive documents?
>
> - Dan Michaels
> Oricom Technologies
> http://www.sni.net/~oricom
> ==========================

Try starting your search for the advertised ESR meters here:

http://www.heinc.com/ieinc/cwinfo.htm

-- Rich