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Low cost but effective Ribbon Cable Tester [message #100433]

Sun, 21 September 2008 17:48

JeffH

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Registered: October 2007
Location: Wamic, OR

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Anyone ever find one?

THanks,

Jeff

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Re: Low cost but effective Ribbon Cable Tester [message #100434 is a reply to message #100433]

Sun, 21 September 2008 22:20

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

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If you're handy with a soldering iron.... a battery, an LED and a little
wire.Add a pin male header if you want to get fancy later. Obviously don't
do this with the header on an EDS card, since we're talking voltage here.
Match the rating of the LED with the battery. Go pin for pin to check
continuity down each wire, IE Pin 1 on ribbon header needs to match the Pin
1 on the other ribbon header. In this way you use the ribbon cable/headers
to complete the circuit to the LED.
Capiche?

AA

"Jeff Hoover" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:48d6ef20@linux...
> Anyone ever find one?
>
> THanks,
>
> Jeff

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Re: Low cost but effective Ribbon Cable Tester [message #100435 is a reply to message #100434]

Sun, 21 September 2008 22:45

JeffH

Messages: 307
Registered: October 2007
Location: Wamic, OR

Senior Member

Aaron Allen wrote:
> If you're handy with a soldering iron.... a battery, an LED and a little
> wire.Add a pin male header if you want to get fancy later. Obviously don't
> do this with the header on an EDS card, since we're talking voltage here.
> Match the rating of the LED with the battery. Go pin for pin to check
> continuity down each wire, IE Pin 1 on ribbon header needs to match the Pin
> 1 on the other ribbon header. In this way you use the ribbon cable/headers
> to complete the circuit to the LED.
> Capiche?
>
THought about that but fine motor skills are not my forte.

:-)

JH
> AA
>
> "Jeff Hoover" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:48d6ef20@linux...
>
>>Anyone ever find one?
>>
>>THanks,
>>
>>Jeff
>
>
>

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Re: Low cost but effective Ribbon Cable Tester [message #100436 is a reply to message #100435]

Sun, 21 September 2008 22:54

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

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http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=299909 3&cp=&sr=1&kw=analog+meter&y=10&x=21& ;pg=1&searchSort=TRUE&s=A-StorePrice-RSK&origkw= analog+meter&retainProdsInSession=1&parentPage=searc h

Then get the prebuilt version :)

AA

"Jeff Hoover" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:48d734b8@linux...
> Aaron Allen wrote:
>> If you're handy with a soldering iron.... a battery, an LED and a little
>> wire.Add a pin male header if you want to get fancy later. Obviously
>> don't do this with the header on an EDS card, since we're talking voltage
>> here. Match the rating of the LED with the battery. Go pin for pin to
>> check continuity down each wire, IE Pin 1 on ribbon header needs to match
>> the Pin 1 on the other ribbon header. In this way you use the ribbon
>> cable/headers to complete the circuit to the LED.
>> Capiche?
>>
> THought about that but fine motor skills are not my forte.
>
> :-)
>
> JH
>> AA
>>
>> "Jeff Hoover" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:48d6ef20@linux...
>>
>>>Anyone ever find one?
>>>
>>>THanks,
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>
>>

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Re: Low cost but effective Ribbon Cable Tester [message #100445 is a reply to message #100433]

Mon, 22 September 2008 19:10

steve the artguy
Messages: 308
Registered: June 2005

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Jeff Hoover <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote:
>Anyone ever find one?
>
>THanks,
>
>Jeff

Jeff-

Not that you didn't know this, but...

If you have any kind of circuit continuity tester around, you can just try
the wires in the cable one by one. Not elegant, but it works..

No soldering required! And as a bonus, it will tell you if the line passes
partial current as well as if it passes all or none.

-steve

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Re: Low cost but effective Ribbon Cable Tester [message #100502 is a reply to message #100433]

Fri, 26 September 2008 16:14

AlexPlasko

Messages: 211
Registered: September 2006

Senior Member

why don't you get a cheapo meter from wal mart? under $10 will get more than
what you need. I picked one up a couple years ago to pack on my goldwing for
trips.
I didn't want to pack one of the fluke meters.
at least you will get a reading instead of guessing what LED brightness is
zero.
"Jeff Hoover" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:48d6ef20@linux...
> Anyone ever find one?
>
> THanks,
>
> Jeff

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