Does anyone know where to buy those little wire clips (I'm going to have to describe, since I'm not sure what they are called.) They function like alligator clip test leads, except that the "grabber" is a little hook that is spring-loaded and grabs a wire. I bought a version on Amazon, but they are more bulky than I like, and pricey. I work with wire >24 gauge..
Thanks in Advance JB
Minigrabbers. All the good ones have gone away, AFAICT, on account of the cheesy Chinese ones.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Farnell - now Element 14 and called Newark in the US - have Pomona "micrograbber" clips which might be what you want. You'd have to buy a pack of 10 for about $50.
They also have the Hirschmann equivalent, which costs four times as much, but you can buy one at a time.
The bigger ones are just called grabbers (I think). We buy them from pomona, which is expensive but at least they last for more than a few months.
George H.
sweet, try grabber
That reminds me, I need to buy wire!
Mouser has the test lead ends, so with some wire you can make up whatever you want. I notice with my leads that the short lifespan is often because of the cheap way that the cheap wire is joined to the clip: just getting a good solder joint at that point (without melting the rest of the clip) often goes a long way toward making things last. Making up clips with nice wire would probably be even better yet.
Something like the Jameco 135299? BNC adapter: Jameco 2113869 or 11464 or 11422? To banana: Jameco 21857 or 21865?
I bought some cheap ones from Dealextreme, for my home lab, U$2.7 for a
10 pack, I have not tested them yet, but they seems ok.Cheers,
Yes. I got frustrated with the cheap ones breaking at the wire entry/grabber point. I bought the much more expensive ones with the wire molded into the grabber.
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