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Test Leads
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I recently ordered this set from Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/Multimeter-Digital-Electrical-Alligator-Replaceable/dp/B083K4GBJF/ref=pd_sbs_3?pd_rd_w=c9npO&pf_rd_p=1f09e623-97c8-4c74-883f-063b7295f49e&pf_rd_r=TNB5C6RX9MQ48A77DE8K&pd_rd_r=31d9a715-3a54-4bb4-a4c6-3b03ab0b9994&pd_rd_wg=9bvEE&pd_rd_i=B083K4GBJF&psc=1
They are clearly not made for commercial use, but they are surprisingly good for low voltage measurements, or those times where you don’t have enough hands to hold the probes down 🙂 At $21 they are cheap enough to toss if/when I break them…
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That doesn’t seem like a bad deal especially with the quantity you are getting. Like you said not for commercial, but in my experience the amount of wire low/vol has is quite excessive.
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I’m not a fan of PVC insulation. To stiff for my liking. Silicone is not the answer either, To easy to cut. Hypalon is expensive, but tough and long lasting as well as being supple. Fine annealed silver coated wire is the best for both conductivity and being supple. Gold or silver plated tips work better than Nickle. When you resharpen, they lose their corrosion protection. And conduction contact reliability. That’s why the high cost of good ones.
Interested to hear how these probes work for you. We have all had the probe that gets shorted/overloaded, or get’s a intermittent open in the field. The whole reason for always carrying a extra pair. I’ve never had the SMT tweezers. I can see where they would be a big help looking for a bad diode or resistor.
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You can usually find Fluke test leads at either a good electronics shop or there is always Grainger as well as Johnstone’s if you have one near your location.
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You still have electronics shops? We’ve lost almost all of them in my area. SMT and the microchip technology has starved them out.
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