Correct name for Test lead plugs

olds...@tubes.com

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Mar 9, 2017, 8:09:42 PM3/9/17

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What is the correct name for the old style test lead plugs that used to
be used on older inexpensive VOMs? They were NOT banana plugs. They
were thinner. Same size as the test probes, but much shorter.

I need to get a few of these for some older test gear, but I am not sure
what to search for....

Thanks

John Robertson

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Mar 9, 2017, 8:36:32 PM3/9/17

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I always called those "Pin Plugs".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/56-2100-New-3-Ft-Test-Leads-Safety-Test-Probes-to-Right-Angle-Pin-Tip-Plug-/400546944888

I searched for "pin plug test lead -banana"

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olds...@tubes.com

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Mar 9, 2017, 9:26:55 PM3/9/17

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On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 17:36:25 -0800, John Robertson <sp...@flippers.com>
wrote:

>On 2017/03/09 5:08 PM, olds...@tubes.com wrote:
>> What is the correct name for the old style test lead plugs that used to
>> be used on older inexpensive VOMs? They were NOT banana plugs. They
>> were thinner. Same size as the test probes, but much shorter.
>>
>> I need to get a few of these for some older test gear, but I am not sure
>> what to search for....
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>I always called those "Pin Plugs".
>
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/56-2100-New-3-Ft-Test-Leads-Safety-Test-Probes-to-Right-Angle-Pin-Tip-Plug-/400546944888
>
>I searched for "pin plug test lead -banana"
>
>John :-#)#

Thats what I called them too, but I did not think that was the
"official" name.

Thanks

analogdial

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Mar 10, 2017, 12:07:28 PM3/10/17

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olds...@tubes.com wrote:

>
> Thats what I called them too, but I did not think that was the
> "official" name.
>
> Thanks

Look for "tip plugs" and "tip jacks".

John Robertson

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Mar 10, 2017, 1:50:45 PM3/10/17

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Ah, better name!

Oh course I've never quite figured out why Banana plugs are named after
the banana, they don't actually look much like a banana. More like a
zucchini. Its the curve that is in the banana but not the jack!

Foxs Mercantile

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Mar 10, 2017, 2:09:02 PM3/10/17

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On 3/10/2017 12:50 PM, John Robertson wrote:
> Oh course I've never quite figured out why Banana plugs

> are named after the banana.

Because of the four spring strips on the side look like
banana peels.

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Phil Hobbs

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Mar 11, 2017, 10:58:31 AM3/11/17

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On 03/10/2017 01:50 PM, John Robertson wrote:
> On 2017/03/10 9:04 AM, analogdial wrote:
>> olds...@tubes.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thats what I called them too, but I did not think that was the
>>> "official" name.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> Look for "tip plugs" and "tip jacks".
>>
>
> Ah, better name!
>
> Oh course I've never quite figured out why Banana plugs are named after
> the banana, they don't actually look much like a banana. More like a
> zucchini. Its the curve that is in the banana but not the jack!
>
> John :-#)#
>

It's the peel splitting into four AFAIR.

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Phil Hobbs

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