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Reply to "Design of a $10-20 DCS-TIU Port Tester Tool?"

gunrunnerjohn posted:

The thing about alligator clips is the small one Stan illustrates don't clip will the the posts on the TIU.  I have a bunch of similar ones, and they don't work well with that style of post, they keep popping off.

Well, for less than $1 shipped (from Asia) you can choose your poison!    This pair has bananas on one side and alligators on the other.

alligator conundrum

I have no problems making a firm, solid contact using the alligator style to the TIU jacks.  Additionally, though not the intended application, you can easily attach alligators to the track which would be quite the hat-trick with banana plugs.  

The key is the strain-relief hole to loop the red/black wires thru so that the soldered-wire connections don't fatigue/fail over time.

And if you don't mind waiting for shipping from Asia, what appears to be the same set of 10 double-ended alligator cables is available for about 1/2 the price on eBay.

 

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