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23rd Jan 2022, 7:45 pm | #21 |
Nonode
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
Simon, thanks. I guess I should have called a spade a spade.... although I associate that term with the crimp-on types as often used in the automobile and sometimes in the white goods industry. I take it any flat connectors can be called spade connectors then regardless of their actual shape?
Alistaid D, there's some AVO leads on eBay here with a case: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224789252...item34567bc827 Both have insulated connectors. |
23rd Jan 2022, 9:17 pm | #22 |
Nonode
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
Thanks for that Wavey but I need the spade version as my early Avo 8 does not have sockets only screw connections.
Have a look at the first picture on this link. http://www.richardsradios.co.uk/avo8.html Al
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24th Jan 2022, 1:04 am | #23 |
Dekatron
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
You can make usable spade connectors by butchering 6mm or 8mm ring crimp terminals. A bit of added heatshrink for strain relief and the job's a good'un
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24th Jan 2022, 11:15 am | #24 |
Nonode
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
Ah, I see. Did't realise there were models without the banana socket.
I have a good set of the spaded type of leads which I would gladly swap for a good set of the shielded type. |
26th Jan 2022, 1:53 pm | #25 |
Triode
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
There are a couple of ebay sellers that list components from RS and Farnell, and if you order them they buy on your behalf using their business accounts (which have much smaller minimum orders) and they are shipped straight to you. It was a bit of a surprise the first time an ebay order came direct from Farnell. Obviously there is a mark-up, but it can be cheaper than going with minimum order plus postage.
My experience of cheap high-resistance Chinese cabling is that it tends to be steel with a very poor copper plating. Generally immediately obvious from the leads being magnetic, but also from the strands being far stiffer than copper. Of course there are plenty of good quality cable assemblies available from China, but the bad ones can be very bad. |
26th Jan 2022, 6:07 pm | #26 | |
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
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26th Jan 2022, 6:17 pm | #27 | |
Triode
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
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I agree it probably breaches the Farnell and RS Ts and Cs and those ebay sellers might get banned at some point. Or maybe Farnell will start a "you only get X free-shipping small orders a year" policy. I have seen the same thing with ebay sellers fronting Amazon Prime. |
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26th Jan 2022, 10:04 pm | #28 |
Hexode
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Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Re: Cheap probe leads and banana plugs
I always report sellers fronting prime or business accounts.
It is just not on. |