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Non-Slip Probes   Owners Manual

jw0752

     Most of the information that I have put out about the Non-Slip ( Intrusive ) Meter Probe adapters has been fragmented and spread out over 2 years. Today I wrote and up-to-date Owners manual that covers all the current information about the adapters. I have attached it to this post as a pdf.

 

John

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  • in reply to makerkaren

    Hi Karen,

     

    There is no scraping required. Pushing the probe into the coating is usually enough. I just ran an experiment for you whereby I used a piece of 18 GA enameled transformer wire. I put the wire on a 1 kg scale and began to push the probe onto the wire. 3 out of 4 tries I had connection before 200 grams (roughly 2 Newtons) of force was exerted. I did not wiggle the probe as I wanted a pure pressure number. Any wiggling would reduce the pressure needed.  I would expect similar results with silk screening on a circuit board. The actual carbide tip is designed to be a high speed cutter so when I am trying to probe through epoxy or other thicker coating a small twist of the probe will cut through the thicker material. I do not recommend trying to use these probes to go though the regular plastic or pvc insulation on regular wire it is too thick for the carbide teeth and the cross section of the tip comes into play just like it does with a regular probe tip.. For that application the needle is still superior. Oxidized or corroded connections are very easy and require low force as most time the layer of oxidation is self sealing and very thin. Ben should buy a set of these to try out. Since I too am in Wisconsin he is probably only a day away by mail.

     

    John

  • in reply to makerkaren

    Let me provide the link ...

     

    Shop Tips -  Intrusive Meter Probe

     

     

    Because of the design, there is much reduced pressure required.

     

     

     

    Mark