ESI SP5192 Capacitance Meter Manual - Page 1
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author: pez
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2020, 02:35:05 pm
content: Hello,Would you help me, please, to find this manual ?Thanking you in advance,Sincerely,Petros

author: Edwin G. Pettis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2020, 05:05:34 pm
content: The model number SP5192 indicates a special modified version of a standard model, manuals for these are usually very difficult to find unless they are offered with the instrument. The easiest way to at least get some information on it is to look for the similar standard model and get that manual (if available). It won't have the modifications but it will have the basic information and schematics to work from.

author: pez
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2020, 07:09:09 pm
content: Dear Mr. Pettis,Oh, I see ! This is the meaning of "SP"...Thank you, very much indeed !Well, it seems to me as that it is the Capacitance only version ofESI 252, of which I found a manual with an "SP2596 Appendix".Also, I found an ebay item titled: "Esi 52944C Model SP 5192Capacitance Meter Addendum" and regardless the fact that I amnot sure what this exactly means - an "Addendum to ESI 52944C"or an "Esi 52944C Addendum to SP 5192" manual - its price plusshipping cost are too much. So, I would be grateful if you arekindly willing enough to provide me with a copy of the relatedmaterial you own.Best regards,Petros EZ

author: Edwin G. Pettis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2020, 07:59:13 pm
content: Hello Petros,Due to technical problems I couldn't get back to you sooner, I did not mean to imply that I had a copy of the SP5192, I don't but the modification appears to be a capacitive discharge protection circuit on the input so the modification is not too great. Although the listed manual on eBay is $30 and might be a little on the high side, it is not excessively high, there aren't very many around to be had and none on line that I could find. This meter is likely very similar to the ESI 475 but that is only a guess. If you really need a manual then your only alternative is to find one and purchase it. In general, many ESI manuals are hard to come by and not that many are available in PDF form on line so when you find one you need, grab it even if you think the price is a bit high.The term addendum means that it contains the modifications to the standard model and should contain the entire manual including schematics.If I had a copy I would certainly have shared it with you.

author: pez
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2020, 09:29:17 am
content: Dear Mr. Pettis,Thank you, once more.Well, I see now that I had to emphasize that the expensivenesscharacterization was relative, since the shipping cost to here isalmost twice as much the asked price for the manual. Anyway,I will follow your suggestion and in an attempt to completelyclarify the addendum matter, I will contact the seller to ask himaccordingly.Best regards,Petros EZ

author: Edwin G. Pettis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2020, 05:52:49 pm
content: Hello Petros,If I'm looking at the same eBay auction you are, he is quoting International Priority which is quite high, send a request asking the manual be sent by 1st Class International in a padded envelope, it should be much less in cost maybe about half, I use it to ship my resistors to Europe all the time in small boxes and it takes about 2 weeks to get over there.

author: pez
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2020, 07:49:09 pm
content: Dear Mr. Pettis,Thank you.Yes, I think we are talking about the same item.Anyway, although we are gradually slidingoff-the-topic, I will not hesitate to say that,in general, some ebay sellers are not flexibleat all and do not facilitate the buyers--sellerswho give the impression that they don't interestto sell. Thus, the last two months, for example,I am in lengthy, stupid, "negotiations" with aseller for a bunch of 6 different small items,all of the connector kind, each one with a 70%discount, so ebay--or the seller himself, I amnot sure--refuses to proceed with a combinedshipping, because as it writes, the price isalready a discounted one. But although theshipping cost remains at $40 for each one ofthem, the seller, instead to send me an invoice--although he offers a similar option of paymentby phone--and although he asks only $40for the shipping of all of them, insists to sendhim $280 in order to refund me with $200...Best regards,Petros EZ

author: Edwin G. Pettis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2020, 09:31:44 pm
content: Oh no, that is no good, a reputable seller wouldn't ask a buyer to send an excess amount and then 'refund' the difference. He is perfectly able to change the invoice amounts, been there, done that a few times. If he refuses to just charge the agreed upon shipping of $40 then something is fishy. You'll also lose some money in the tranfer back too.

author: pez
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2020, 10:16:25 pm
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