transistor leakage tester

[reverberation66]

    I just saw this transistor leakage tester on ebay, I've been wanting get one, does anyone know if these are accurate?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/221759097922?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[smallbearelec]

I see that it has been sold. Though I think that it's a lot of money to spend unless you need to test tubes. An ordinary multimeter will give you a perfectly useful reading of leakage current for sorting purposes.

[PRR]

That was a tube tester, with transistor functions tacked-on.

It was a fairly good tube tester and if it works 100% with the charts then $185 was perhaps fair.

I would suspect the transistor function was rudimentary and tuned for the bad old transistors which leaked a lot more than later ones.

Note that $185 would buy a LOT of transistors to play with. And if you get vintage transistors from reputable sources you should not need to test them for most uses. In strange uses, an in-circuit test is better than any "universal tester".

[LightSoundGeometry]

you can get a peak atlas for 75 bucks or so

im using a cheap Chinese thingy

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281671339223?lpid=82&chn=ps

[electrosonic]

I have an atlas tester which is great. I also use a cheap eBay tester too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Transistor-Tester-Capacitor-ESR-Inductance-Resistor-LCR-Component-Meter-/231183807007?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d3a0f21f

Andrew.