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| bdunham7:
--- Quote from: Qmavam on February 22, 2023, 09:17:43 pm --- I have included a picture of my probe tips, The seems shiny enough although the tips are dull! The problem shows when I touch the probes together 3/8" from the tips. If I press them together very hard I can get the resistance down to a minimum, sometimes I need to rotate the tip a little to, I'm surmising a lower resistance area on the probe. --- End quote --- Were those originally gold-plated and the plating has worn off? Have you tried cleaning them with IPA (alcohol)? |
| Fungus:
What sort of abuse have they suffered? |
| DimitriP:
Chuck'em and get a pair of these: https://probemaster.com/8000-series-test-leads-only/ |
| sonpul:
I've already seen reviews of Brymen probes degrading. Brymen do not use soldering. The crimp connection wears out over time due to oxidation. |
| TomKatt:
--- Quote from: sonpul on February 23, 2023, 09:24:05 am ---I've already seen reviews of Brymen probes degrading. Brymen do not use soldering. The crimp connection wears out over time due to oxidation. --- End quote --- My many years old Greenlee DM820A (rebadged Brymen 827S) came with silver (nickel plated?) silicone probes. They've been abused and wrapped around the meter all their lives and still work just fine. I consider them very good quality and have had no problems with oxidation. The probes shown by the OP seem to have been polished or otherwise had their gold plating stripped off. Somethings seems awry there. I recently purchased the eevblog BM235 and the probes are wonderful in my opinion. They zero out and have no issues whatsoever. If I ever needed a set or replacement probes, there's little doubt I would go for the Probe Masters... But the Brymen's I've got work perfectly well, and I do like to use the probe holder in the boot (the Probe Masters do not fit there). |
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