Organising test leads

[Sac]

Well Howdy strangers...
Just wondering... What do you electronic people do in the way of organizing instrument test leads??? When ever you buy a new piece of gear,,,, in comes another bunch of leads. I brought a new scope the other day and got 4 sets of leads. I just seem to be getting a real rats nest ball of leads in the third draw down in my shop work bench...

Just interested in what people do in the way of storing unused test lead really..




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[capt bullshot]

Basically, I let them hang out ...

[Benta]

^^^  Yep, that's the way to do it.

[andy3055]

Very impressive collection!

[Sac]

Yussss thats just the ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jadew]

I like the "hang them on the wall" approach, but you need an empty wall for that.

I'll be following this thread, maybe someone has a more compact solution.

[bd139]

Mine mostly end up all over the floor 

[BillB]

I remember seeing some threads about this.  Many use the wall hanging method, others used transparent storage boxes, and some used transparent zipper pouches. 

[beanflying]

If you have access to a 3D printer feel free to give this one a bash https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/40w-300x200mm-laser-cutter-engraver-vollerun/msg1665956/#msg1665956

[Bud]

Search Amazon or your local home improvement place for socket rail organizer

[Electro Detective]

Even though I reckon the wall hanger thing above absolutely rules 

It's currently "..transparent storage boxes, and transparent zipper pouches" for me

Easy to store and travel to jobs with (what do I need?  meh take the lot..) 
and most important reduces the chances for dust and crust settling on the connectors when sitting there 24/7

FWIW  in use I'll use chairs, step ladder or stretched out bungy cord or plastic conduit as a poor mans temp wall hanger 

and any lead set that belongs to a meter, stays with that meter,
not always a hard rule if the leads are nice to use 


EDIT: what would be nice, and tick most boxes for me, is to double back/loop the leads on the wall hanger,
and have a flap or some sort of easy cover when not in use = less dust and crust

This way the leads are always clean, fresh and 'conductive', a great help and no brainer on hurried low level probing

[Shock]

Circuitous here on Eevblog showed his new workshop setup the other day. Check out the video at 2:10 to see his slide out cable organizer. These are 3 Pomona test lead holders attached to each drawer slider.

I have the same Pomona test lead holders, if I was doing a similar thing to Circuitous I would probably use a type of vertical drawer as shown in the image (something similar to a tie or spice drawer).

A cheap substitute idea that I came up with a few years back is using some spent rifle ammunition cases or dowel mounted on a board. Or even a closet or door tie rack might work.

[aix]

My solution is very similar to capt bullshot's.  My holders are 3D printed and mounted on a DIN rail bookended by Wago 249 stops.

The 3D model was based on somebody else's design, which I can't find at the moment.  I'd be happy to share my files if there's interest.

[Tom45]

I'm also in the let them hang category. I use Pomona 1508 (Orange, 0.210" spacing) and Pomona 4408 (Black, 0.320" spacing) test lead holders. There are 3 of each type.

On the left is a single Pomona 4408 holding scope probes. On the right are jumpers of various types, and BNC coax cables. Three Pomona 1508 and two Pomona 4408. The longer cables are back in the corner so that the excess length that ends up on the floor isn't in the way.

[Phil Smith]

Hi guys,
Sorry for posing in an old thread, but I guess it is better than creating another similar one..

I am searching for a better and neater solution to store them test probes as well.. Then I saw a toolbox tour of an aircraft maintenance tech and spotted those transparent plastic boxes:

https://youtu.be/IY_g2FzJvFg?t=2035

(you can see them at around 33:56 mark (he stores all kinda of drill bits in it) and at around 45:48 mark he grabs yet another similar box with test leads! Just what I need! Looks like a normal organizer box with x40 possible compartments)
But I can find organizer boxes of that size (they have quite a large footprint (like 12-16" long) and very small thickness (looks like 1.5" or so) ).

Does anyone know where one can source them? Any guidance will be much appreciated.

TIA.