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| The Soulman:
I prefer the second style in the first post, but only good quality (hirschmann) ones, I've somehow ended up with a couple "fake" ones I had to solder the "bulge" on one side to obtain a somewhat reliable connection. The type on the third picture I only had bad luck with, including to less "spring" and therefore a sloppy connection and somehow the tips on the end breaking off. |
| The Soulman:
Anyone used these style as sold by ab-precision? |
| axantas:
The only ones I really rely on are the “Büschel plug connectors” - if they are of good quality. The combination with the removable rotary part are an interesting alternative, but if I can rotate them in mounted state (example two), I do not trust a firm connection. |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: MrCAL on September 08, 2024, 09:09:01 am ---What's the advantage of the rotary-tip on some banana plugs? One might argue it just add one more "problematic" connection-point? Original Fluke prope from model 177. Can actually be unscrewed, which add yet another additional connection-point. --- End quote --- I believe you were not so much asking about the specific shape of the contacts (sheet metal or more massive), but about the fact that it can be unscrewed? Point is, the Fluke tip is not really a banana plug. It is a pointed multimeter probe tip (which you would use most of the time, to probe circuit boards etc.), with the option to screw on a banana adapter (to plug it straight into a power supply or other output jack). |
| The Soulman:
--- Quote from: ebastler on September 08, 2024, 04:02:41 pm --- --- Quote from: MrCAL on September 08, 2024, 09:09:01 am ---What's the advantage of the rotary-tip on some banana plugs? One might argue it just add one more "problematic" connection-point? Original Fluke prope from model 177. Can actually be unscrewed, which add yet another additional connection-point. --- End quote --- I believe you were not so much asking about the specific shape of the contacts (sheet metal or more massive), but about the fact that it can be unscrewed? Point is, the Fluke tip is not really a banana plug. It is a pointed multimeter probe tip (which you would use most of the time, to probe circuit boards etc.), with the option to screw on a banana adapter (to plug it straight into a power supply or other output jack). --- End quote --- Oow, that makes sense, yes, from another brand I've also used crocodile clips and probe extensions that screw on to the probe with the same threads in place of that "banana-bit". So yes, the reason that bit unscrews is to give the same set of probes/leads some more functionality. |
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