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From: Tim Wescott on 25 May 2010 14:30 I want to make some custom cables for battery testing to plug into my Fluke meter. I'd really rather use the nifty shielded banana plugs like Fluke uses, to reduce the chances of inadvertently frying a battery. Anyone know a source other than Pomona, which wants an arm and a leg? -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
From: Joerg on 25 May 2010 14:50 Tim Wescott wrote: > I want to make some custom cables for battery testing to plug into my > Fluke meter. I'd really rather use the nifty shielded banana plugs like > Fluke uses, to reduce the chances of inadvertently frying a battery. > > Anyone know a source other than Pomona, which wants an arm and a leg? > I don't know what an arm and a leg goes for these days, and I've not bought anything myself there so far, but here is one vendor: http://www.testpath.com/Categories/Banana-Plugs-4mm-Shrouded-Straight-In-line-2940.htm Hint for your web searches: The popular term is shrouded banana plug, not shielded. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Tim Wescott on 25 May 2010 15:01 On 05/25/2010 11:50 AM, Joerg wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: >> I want to make some custom cables for battery testing to plug into my >> Fluke meter. I'd really rather use the nifty shielded banana plugs >> like Fluke uses, to reduce the chances of inadvertently frying a battery. >> >> Anyone know a source other than Pomona, which wants an arm and a leg? >> > > I don't know what an arm and a leg goes for these days, More than those plugs, apparently: http://www.editinternational.com/read.php?id=47ddbe51262c7. > and I've not > bought anything myself there so far, but here is one vendor: > > http://www.testpath.com/Categories/Banana-Plugs-4mm-Shrouded-Straight-In-line-2940.htm > > > Hint for your web searches: The popular term is shrouded banana plug, > not shielded. > Thanks for the tip. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
From: Tim Wescott on 25 May 2010 15:06 On 05/25/2010 11:50 AM, Joerg wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: >> I want to make some custom cables for battery testing to plug into my >> Fluke meter. I'd really rather use the nifty shielded banana plugs >> like Fluke uses, to reduce the chances of inadvertently frying a battery. >> >> Anyone know a source other than Pomona, which wants an arm and a leg? >> > > I don't know what an arm and a leg goes for these days, and I've not > bought anything myself there so far, but here is one vendor: > > http://www.testpath.com/Categories/Banana-Plugs-4mm-Shrouded-Straight-In-line-2940.htm > > > Hint for your web searches: The popular term is shrouded banana plug, > not shielded. > Now that I know what to look for, I see that Newark has them. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
From: Joerg on 25 May 2010 15:47
Tim Wescott wrote: > On 05/25/2010 11:50 AM, Joerg wrote: >> Tim Wescott wrote: >>> I want to make some custom cables for battery testing to plug into my >>> Fluke meter. I'd really rather use the nifty shielded banana plugs >>> like Fluke uses, to reduce the chances of inadvertently frying a >>> battery. >>> >>> Anyone know a source other than Pomona, which wants an arm and a leg? >>> >> >> I don't know what an arm and a leg goes for these days, and I've not >> bought anything myself there so far, but here is one vendor: >> >> http://www.testpath.com/Categories/Banana-Plugs-4mm-Shrouded-Straight-In-line-2940.htm >> >> >> >> Hint for your web searches: The popular term is shrouded banana plug, >> not shielded. >> > Now that I know what to look for, I see that Newark has them. > Probably around the same price. This stuff is specialty gear. However, even Radio Shack seems to have them, at least in fire engine red: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3014502 -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |