[sdiy] Tasty Crap in small packets

[Scott Stites]

Hi Martin

It may depend on where you get them.  I've gotten about seven packs of them in
the past year and a half(just had the wife pick up more of them this weekend on a
shopping trip), and I have yet to have a bad cable (not even intermittent).  Some
of them I've had for years and they're still working fine.  I usually get them at
Rat Shack.  I couldn't tell you if these are crimped or soldered, as I've never
had to take one apart yet.  I use them to link several BB's together and move
signal sources/connections around easily, and I use/abuse them quite constantly
(daily basis).  These aren't the smaller ones though, they're normal sized
alligator clips.

Cheers,
Scott



On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:07:47 +0200, "Czech Martin" wrote:

> 
> Yes , they are pretty cheap, and connected to the clips with crimping.
> Some of them have no contact right out od the box, the others
> will loose contact after some time.
> 
> If ended up with soldering each clip to the stranded wire.
> 
> ;->
> 
> 
> m.c.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Stites [mailto:scottnoanh at peoplepc.com]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 30. Juli 2003 15:41
> To: batzmanx at all-electric.com
> Cc: mclilith at charter.net; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tasty Crap in small packets
> 
> 
> Hey Batz,
> 
> How about those color cables with little tiny alligator clips (croc clips? =-D)
> on each end?  Instead of sockets, put posts on the front panel that can
> accomodate a number of these clips (equivalent to banana cable stacking).  The
> cables usually come many to a package (dirt cheap cables), they're color coded,
> and have those insulating sleeves on the clips.  I use them with
slabs'o'trouble,
> and they're reasonably reliable.  
> 
> Just make the posts blunt so that you don't impale yourself when you're
adjusting
> a knob.
> 
> Take care,
> Scott
> 
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