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3M breadboards for cheap

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ebastler:

--- Quote from: rdl on January 12, 2019, 03:59:32 pm ---A big problem people complain about when using cheap breadboards is flaky, intermittent connections. I have never had that problem using 3M boards. They are tight. I almost always have to use tweezers or something to insert leads and wire jumpers in them.

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Well, initially I was wondering whether "it's not a bug, it's a feature". But, as indicated above -- the contacts in the separate horizontal power rails have a tension that is much better balanced. Wish they were all like that!

cdev:
They loosen up with a bit of use, at least mine have. It doesn't take a lot of use. Any pointy object can be used, tweezers can do two rows at the same time.

Peabody:
I've had good luck with breadboards from BusBoard Prototype Systems, most recently their BB830, which Arrow sells for US$7.84 with free overnight shipping.  Don't know about availablilty in Europe.  I've never used a 3M, so I don't know how they compare, but the BB830 gives reliable connections with easy insertion.

tooki:
Also, it’s really helpful to snip component leads on the bias, so that they have a taper to push apart the contacts. This makes a huge difference in insertability. (Not just on 3M breadboards, on others too.)

PlainName:

--- Quote from: Richard Crowley on August 26, 2017, 03:28:20 am ---Here are a couple of them. I believe there are more.....



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I am puzzled as to why he's shorting power to ground. Not a fake video, is it?

edit: sorry about the time warp!

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