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Started by madbean, October 18, 2020, 05:49:47 PM

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madbean

If you need to get a bunch of voltages from inside a pedal, a ground clip wired to a the sleeve of an empty plug sure does make life easier. Not sure why it took me so long to get around to making one.


jimilee

Nice, I see what's going on there.


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Leevibe

That's in the bucket of "why didn't I think of that very obvious thing?" Nice.

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Muadzin

I am not quite sure what this is supposed to do, I guess I am not as savvy as I would like to think. Can anyone enlighten me?

Govmnt_Lacky

Quote from: Muadzin on October 19, 2020, 10:03:40 AM
I am not quite sure what this is supposed to do, I guess I am not as savvy as I would like to think. Can anyone enlighten me?

If the Sleeve of the jack is grounded (to the enclosure or directly with a ground wire) then once this is plugged in, it has a constant connection to GND. No need to hold your black meter lead to GND or poking around to find it  ;)

jkokura

Oh man, I've never thought of that! That's so smrt.

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davent

Quote from: Muadzin on October 19, 2020, 10:03:40 AM
I am not quite sure what this is supposed to do, I guess I am not as savvy as I would like to think. Can anyone enlighten me?

I was at a loss as well, i've had mini-grabber leads forever and use one of those to free up a hand.



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Quote from: davent on October 19, 2020, 05:10:08 PM
Quote from: Muadzin on October 19, 2020, 10:03:40 AM
I am not quite sure what this is supposed to do, I guess I am not as savvy as I would like to think. Can anyone enlighten me?

I was at a loss as well, i've had mini-grabber leads forever and use one of those to free up a hand.



dave

Minigrabbers are what I use as well.
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Spare alligator leads, here.
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davent

Quote from: alanp on October 19, 2020, 11:01:52 PM
Spare alligator leads, here.

I also have banana plugs to alligator clips lead but the mini-grabbers are much easier to use, can get into much tighter and further away places.

https://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=30928.msg306810#msg306810
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