> I suspect after this thread, a lot of cap tester seller companies > are gonna get calls from piclisters - [however, my personal > superstitions are telling me to throw away anything in doubt, > and just order something from Digikey, and you're pretty certain > what it will be - much cheaper than a cap tester]. Don't you know it. I have a cheap radio shack multimeter with a capacitance range. Its not very accurate, but it lets me get into the correct decade at least. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body