[Heathkit] DON'T buy these banana plugs. . .

manualman at juno.com manualman at juno.com
Fri Jun 12 13:29:40 EDT 2015


I agree. Non-insulated banana pugs should never be used with testing
equipment. You need something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Insulated-Male-Banana-Plugs-Pair/dp/B004GIDVIK

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:40:15 -0400 KA4INM <ka4inm at gmail.com> writes:
>    Does the back half unscrew from the front half?
> Does the tip unscrew from the metal handle?
>    Frequently you put the wire down an angled hole and you screw the 
> 
> thing back together and that binds the wire.
> 
>    You should never use non-insulated banana plugs for electronics 
> they 
> are OK for speakers and such.  The hole is 4 mm.
> -- 
>    Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
>                  Every action results in unwanted side effects.



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