Old analog meters

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <tTE%k.9718$c45.6805@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Mark D. Zacharias <nonsense@nonsense.net> wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
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In article <1Jt%k.9657$c45.7083@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Mark D. Zacharias <nonsense@nonsense.net> wrote:
My problem with the 8P and some other later Simpsons is those stupid
inverted banana plug inputs. I need to be able to use conventional
banana types.

Extra low? Never had a standard banana type arc or cause a problem this
way, and used them up to at least several hundred volts. The Simpsons
used them from the 3 series until the 7 series, IIRC.

Not a question of them working - but one of safety.

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[Mark D. Zacharias]

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
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In article <tTE%k.9718$c45.6805@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Mark D. Zacharias <nonsense@nonsense.net> wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
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In article <1Jt%k.9657$c45.7083@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Mark D. Zacharias <nonsense@nonsense.net> wrote:
My problem with the 8P and some other later Simpsons is those stupid
inverted banana plug inputs. I need to be able to use conventional
banana types.


Extra low? Never had a standard banana type arc or cause a problem this
way, and used them up to at least several hundred volts. The Simpsons
used them from the 3 series until the 7 series, IIRC.

Not a question of them working - but one of safety.

I don't really see them being any safer. Regular bananas have been safely
used for decades plus. I don't doubt that somewhere along the line somebody
probably sued somebody and this is why we now have those ridiculous inverted
bananas, but I won't accept them for normal applications.


Mark Z.

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <ps%%k.7268$W06.1819@flpi148.ffdc.sbc.com>,
Mark D. Zacharias <nonsense@nonsense.net> wrote:

Not a question of them working - but one of safety.

I don't really see them being any safer. Regular bananas have been
safely used for decades plus. I don't doubt that somewhere along the
line somebody probably sued somebody and this is why we now have those
ridiculous inverted bananas, but I won't accept them for normal
applications.

I'd guess there are specs about touching a live pin with an object of a
particular size. There are in the UK where mains plugs have the top part
of the pins insulated to prevent this And of course the pin of a banana
plug can be 'live' if not fully inserted and possibly touched. The usual
answer to this is a shrouded banana plug - and this arrangement doesn't
stop a plain one being used if you must. But means the device as supplied
with its own test leads conforms to safety regs.

Many inexperienced users will check mains circuits with a cheap DVM so it
makes sense to prevent easily avoidable accidents.

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