Alligator Clip Cable for Signal Generator

[W. eWatson]

Long ago I lost the alligator coax cable with a BNC adapter on the other
end. I recently found a coax, 75 ohm?, with an end missing. It's
certainly not the original, but, if I just use the shield and center
wire for each clip, will that be sufficient? If not, where can I get
one, aside from the mfger, PK?

 

[Rich Webb]

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:48:52 -0700, "W. eWatson"
<wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:

Long ago I lost the alligator coax cable with a BNC adapter on the other
end. I recently found a coax, 75 ohm?, with an end missing. It's
certainly not the original, but, if I just use the shield and center
wire for each clip, will that be sufficient? If not, where can I get
one, aside from the mfger, PK?

Quite a few places, including:
<http://www.web-tronics.com/hiqurgcaas.html>
<http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=12845+TE>
<http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=12895>

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

 

[George Herold]

On Sep 8, 10:48 pm, "W. eWatson" <wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote:

Long ago I lost the alligator coax cable with a BNC adapter on the other
end. I recently found a coax, 75 ohm?, with an end missing. It's
certainly not the original, but, if I just use the shield and center
wire for each clip, will that be sufficient? If not, where can I get
one, aside from the mfger, PK?

Should work fine. Add some heatshrink tubing to keep the wires from
touching.

George H.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:48:52 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

Long ago I lost the alligator coax cable with a BNC adapter on the other
end. I recently found a coax, 75 ohm?, with an end missing. It's certainly
not the original, but, if I just use the shield and center wire for each
clip, will that be sufficient? If not, where can I get one, aside from the
mfger, PK?

I got a couple of cables just like that off Ebay some months (or a year
or two) ago, except instead of alligator clips, it has Pomona Minigrabber
ends: go to
http://www.pomonaelectronics.com/search.php

and put "minigrabber" without the quotes into their search box.

Alligators will work, but be sure to get the kind with boots (a la
Radioshack), so you don't short the output of your generator.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[W. eWatson]

Rich Grise wrote:

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:48:52 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

Long ago I lost the alligator coax cable with a BNC adapter on the other
end. I recently found a coax, 75 ohm?, with an end missing. It's certainly
not the original, but, if I just use the shield and center wire for each
clip, will that be sufficient? If not, where can I get one, aside from the
mfger, PK?

I got a couple of cables just like that off Ebay some months (or a year
or two) ago, except instead of alligator clips, it has Pomona Minigrabber
ends: go to
http://www.pomonaelectronics.com/search.php

and put "minigrabber" without the quotes into their search box.

Alligators will work, but be sure to get the kind with boots (a la
Radioshack), so you don't short the output of your generator.

Cheers!
Rich


Good point about the short.

 

[Peter Bennett]

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:48:52 -0700, "W. eWatson"
<wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:

Long ago I lost the alligator coax cable with a BNC adapter on the other
end. I recently found a coax, 75 ohm?, with an end missing. It's
certainly not the original, but, if I just use the shield and center
wire for each clip, will that be sufficient? If not, where can I get
one, aside from the mfger, PK?

Those coax-to-clips test leads are just wire - nothing magic at the
wires-to-coax junction (or elsewhere in the cable), so you can easily
make your own.



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