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Offline tkamiyaTopic starter

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HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« on: December 03, 2021, 05:42:05 pm »
Hi.....

I have something like 8 HP 34401 (not all of them are mine) and third-party probes.  All of them fit very tightly/snugly into terminals on 34401.  That is, as if outer diameter of the insulation on banana plug is too large.  Is this the way they fit?  I don't own a genuine probe by HP.  Some of them are just tight, but most of them are so tight, they are hard to pull them out.  What I have are eBay specials. 

Have anyone experienced this?
 

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2021, 04:29:28 am »
I think you need better quality probes :)
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Offline Wallace Gasiewicz

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2021, 10:58:17 am »
Usually mine are too loose HA!

Sometimes a little white thermo grease (for mounting transistors on a heat sink) helps. Just a little. I know it is not conductive but does not matter.

Wally
 

Offline tkamiyaTopic starter

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2021, 02:44:26 pm »
You mean to say eBay probes aren't quality?  Ad said "made of high grade material in China."  Supposedly they are compatible with HP, fluke, Agilent, etc, etc, etc    :-DD
 

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2021, 04:06:55 pm »
..had the same Issue.
Used a reamer to fix it 10 Years ago.
See Service Note as attached.
 
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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2021, 04:34:19 pm »
thanks for the bulletin.  That clears my problems.  Thanks again.
 

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2021, 05:34:19 pm »
Never saw this bulletin  :-+
 

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2021, 08:23:21 pm »
..had the same Issue.
Used a reamer to fix it 10 Years ago.
See Service Note as attached.
How the heck is the service note branded Agilent yet copyrighted 6 years before Agilent was created? Surely they didn’t just go and replace “HP” in old documents without updating copyright dates?
 

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2021, 08:31:29 pm »
When is a 4mm banana plug not a 4mm banana plug?...  When it's a <0.155" banana plug!  >:D
Best Regards, Chris
 

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Re: HP 34401 probe fits very tightly
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2021, 11:54:00 pm »
Wow....  I didn't expect an official response like this existed.  So, the problem is the copper sleeve, not the plastic part?  Just confirming.
 


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