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Originally Posted by Yamamaya42
$1000 in 1986 money? 
but that is the problem, something to really test them are VERY costly. |
In terms of the time it saved me in the past 35 years, it not only cost nothing but made me a small fortune. It's been in continuous use since I bought it.
But the cheap tester I linked is like $15, and
will read inductors like your peaking coils for values between .01mh and 20h. It's likely not as accurate as the Z-Meter but it doesn't have to be either.
Next week I'll run some small inductors through the cheap tester and compare them to the Z-Meter and see how accurate it is. I did compare it to the Z-Meter for value and ESR on capacitors, and it was close.
John