Clip Leads

[Iain McFadyen]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, 14:39 Iain McFadyen, <ki4hlv at gmail.com> wrote:

> I buy these in bags of 10, and put each one through a 2 step test before
> they get stored on the test bench:
>
> Step 1 is a moderate yank test to check the strength of the crimping and
>
> Step 2 is a basic continuity test,.... but I am generally looking for open
> circuits, so if the meter beeps and shows an Ohm or less  then I consider
> it a pass.
>
> One batch of ten leads was discarded a few days after receipt, because the
> boots over the clips were so slippery that the croc clip underneath could
> not be held in an open position securely, and when one slipped out of my
> fingers while applying to a component in a circuit, the clip dropped onto
> the board and the exposed metal end of the clip made contact with live
> tracks causing a short.
>
> So far I have found 2 leads which separated in step 1 and a different 2
> that separated in step 2.
>
> And 10 that were discarded as too slippery.
>
> Iain G4JMM
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, 14:20 CAROLINE MILLER TATE via Tacos, <tacos at amrad.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I’ve had some of these in the past. I always have my soldering iron
>> running so I just soldered up a few leads at a time as I used them. I can
>> live with milliohms.
>>
>> Phil M1GWZ
>>
>>
>> > On 8 Nov 2024, at 05:56, Elton A Sanders <wb5mmb at pobox.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > What will China do to us next! Desecration of a treasured AMRAD object!
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15sMogK3vTI
>>
>>
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