Re: Fluke 8088 pod and a moron...

Oh...that might not be so good for the pod.

I do have used, untested, pod-base connector cables for sale. Say, I
dunno, $20US plus shipping seem fair? TTL members only pricing...

John :-#)#

At 1:21 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:
>Thanks for the reply - actually, it's the cable that goes from the
>9010 base to the pod that I reversed inside the pod and is also the
>one that wiggling seemed to allow the self test to pass. Are those
>available anywhere or should I recrimp pins into the connector? I
>am assuming they are different from pod to pod - is this a correct
>assumption as well? As for rummaging through your extensive pile of
>spare parts, when can I show up?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>
>
>
>John Robertson wrote:
>
>>Unlikely that reversing the cable would damage the pod. The inputs
>>are ALL protected up to 15VDC as I recall. Rather it is far more
>>likely that you simply have a bad cable. You can order one from
>>Digi-Key - Single-Ended - Style 2 (or 4 depending on where you want
>>pin 1) from CW Industries - the Canadian part number (hey I'm in
>>Canada) is C2PXT-4018M-ND for an 18 inch one that you can then
>>simply crimp on the 40 pin socket #CSR40T-ND (with strain relief).
>>
>>At least that's what I would do (after rummaging through my pile of
>>pod spare parts (extensive)).
>>
>>John :-#)#
>>
>>At 6:23 AM -0700 12/9/05, voyager@galaxian.com wrote:
>>
>>>I received a Fluke 8088 pod yesterday and plugged it in to do a
>>>self test to see if my 'untested' pod worked or not. Well the
>>>test failed, but if I wiggled the cable at the pod side it seemed
>>>to pass - so I pulled the case apart to look for loose connections
>>>or wires. I looked at the cable connection that was a little lose,
>>>disconnected it, plugged it back in and ran the test again to
>>>produce nothing at all. Next, I realized the connector was on
>>>backwards - nice. Of course, reversing it producing nothing but a
>>>failure worse than before and wiggling the cable does nothing.
>>>Anyone done this yet that has some info on how much damage it did
>>>to the pod? I could troubleshoot it with another 8088 pod, but I
>>>do not have another...
>>>
>>>Greg
>>
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