Your Experience on LCR Meter DER EE DE-5000 / Hantek 1833C

[ozkarah]

One thing I like about the DE-5000 is that the accessories are readily available, so for instance another set of the short Kelvin sensed clips can be purchased and then converted into a long set with coaxial cables.

sounds like a fantastic idea... not sure how to do though? any guidance or help on this matter very much appreciated

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or can we make from scratch? for example with a pcb to insert into the slot at riight angle. then solder to that perhaps with a 2nd joining board at 90 degrees. maybe things like this should be possible? although idk if it is really worth it instead versus modifying an existing tl-21 like you say

also debating whether or not to get a 2nd  nother tl-21 initially. or just sacrifice the one it came with.... and then if ever change mind can order another one to get that stock version back again

so really the question is do i make by purchaing other existing coal kalvin clips pre made. or make from pieces of coax. to then solder some probe handles which is more custom or something than an off the shelf pair of kalvin leads

or you know, to make some bnc termination onto as an adapter making from the existing tl-21. that can plug in unmodified kalvin probes of other brands of esr meters

If you have a 3D printer you can also build it yourself :

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/de-5000-lcr-tl-21-mod/msg4753598/#msg4753598

[Finderbinder]

I've had the DE-5000 for a while now, I'm still on the fence about it for my needs. For detailed measurement/sorting/etc it's quite good. For troubleshooting in a repair shop it's painfully slow. About once a week I hit a point where I want to throw it in the bin and go back to using my old Silicon Chip/Bob Parker ESR meter instead.

The main issue is that it boots into auto mode by default which locks out half the buttons, so you need to cycle through a bunch of different buttons to get where you want to be every time you turn it on. Then it times out and turns off if you stop to scratch your head for 13 nanoseconds and you have to do it all again. It would be so nice if you could store your own default settings or tell it to boot into the last used settings or something, or change the auto off time, etc.

I've also never managed to get it to successfully calibrate to a regular set of probes so I'm stuck using Kelvin clips clumsily for every single reading. Again, not the end of the world, but clunky in practice. Measurements can be pretty slow too, a lot of times if I'm trying to work fast I end up just grabbing something else.

So yeah, I think it really depends on what exactly you intend to use it for.

Just was considering DE-5000 as a cheep but reasonably good meter. But your real life experience with it ruined my expectations  Those day-to-day use flaws would also annoy me.

[audiotubes]

There's also a new Uni-T LCR meter and I can't remember the name, but there's a bench LCR meter for around 240 euros on Banggood that people have reviewed very favorably.

[Finderbinder]

There's also a new Uni-T LCR meter and I can't remember the name, but there's a bench LCR meter for around 240 euros on Banggood that people have reviewed very favorably.

I can only find 10kHz in mentioned price range.

[dreamcat4]

There's also a new Uni-T LCR meter and I can't remember the name, but there's a bench LCR meter for around 240 euros on Banggood that people have reviewed very favorably.

ut612 perhaps this one is it?

https://meters.uni-trend.com/product/ut612/

[csuhi17]

Uni-T 622E/C/A

[Finderbinder]

Uni-T 622E/C/A

Uni-t UT622E looks promising, will dig deeper
...unless someone recommends even better alternative 

p.s.: I used a dmm uni-t ut71e, really solid build, hit the ground many times with no bad consequences.

[Finderbinder]

...also considering Keysight U1733C, BUT:
1) not 4 wire?
2) no C and ESR at once?
3) what else NOT?

[The Electrician]

Tonghui TH2822C and Applent AT826 both have 4 wire capability and display C and ESR at the same time, and cost less than the Keysight U1733C