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Is it even theoretically possible to organize test leads and scope probes
techman-001:
--- Quote from: Stray Electron on June 28, 2019, 01:44:35 am --- I think the probability of test leads tangling is N squared over 2, where N equals the number of pieces of test equipment that you have. Even things like my Neon AC outlet tester which only has one lead gets tangled.
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Reading the raw, naked, visceral accounts of trying to manage test cables by my fellow posters on this forum is making my eyes bleed!
cur8xgo:
I'm going to make this thing suffer before I send it to its destruction
This isnt even half of all the test leads I have..I dread having to use this thing for any reason. Touch it and a cable falls off.
cur8xgo:
--- Quote from: schmitt trigger on June 28, 2019, 01:38:52 am ---Short answer: No.
There must be a 2nd law of thermodynamics corollary which prevents that. >:D
Now seriously:
I was fortunate enough to have met in person the late Bob Pease and his office/workbench.
You may have seen photos. They were a legendary, unmitigated mess. But nothing prepares you to actually see it personally.
That did not prevent Bob Pease from arguably becoming one of the best analog engineers ever.
I never met Jim Williams in person, again an electronics legend. But a friend did, and described a similar mayhem to what I witnessed with Bob.
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Well I am not Bob Pease or Williams so I need the organization to maintain a work flow....so sad what happened to those two. Pease getting into a fatal car accident on the way back from Williams funeral. What kind of awful tragedy is that
bob91343:
While the Pomona rack is flawed, it does inspire a better design. How about a flip-over tab on each space that prevents cables from falling off?
Also the width of the slot needs to be tweaked or, perhaps, several slot widths.
A major problem is that you don't know what's on the ends and you don't know how long the cable is. So you grab a handful of dangling ends and poke through to see if what you want is there. Once you find it, does it have what you want on the other end?
I bought a box full of coaxial adapters at a swap meet. They don't even begin to solve these interconnection issues.
Has anyone been successful at installation of a BNC connector on to a cable? Not I. If it even makes connection without shorting it still pulls out of the shell. I tried following the printed instructions, probably written by someone who has never done it. How about the expensive crimpers? I am not optimistic. Plus, they seem to be specific for a single type connector.
We can buy a package of ten BNC male plugs on ebay for very little. Has anyone had good luck with these?
Tomorokoshi:
It is, but only in the degenerate and trivial cases of 0 and 1 cables.
I'm starting to put them in left-over Digi-Key zip bags. It really helps with keeping them from getting tangled, and it's easy to sort and select them out. It seems to be reasonable space efficient, about the same as a bunch of cables thrown in a box.
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