Multimeter leasds

[pinnerite]

I have a "Precision Gold" PG 017 multi-meter that came with two probes (red and black) with hard points on the ends.

Now though I need probes with grips to hold small wires.
When looking at the adverts, I cannot tell whether the plugs will fit the PG 017.

Can anyone advise?

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[Theo]

pinnerite <pinn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a "Precision Gold" PG 017 multi-meter that came with two probes
> (red and black) with hard points on the ends.

Good old Maplin!

> Now though I need probes with grips to hold small wires.
> When looking at the adverts, I cannot tell whether the plugs will fit the
> PG 017.

Most multimeter leads have 4mm banana plugs. Some of the more basic Maplin
ones had 2mm plugs. You should be able to (crudely) measure the diameter
of your probes to find the right size.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_connector

Theo

[Chris Green]

pinnerite <pinn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a "Precision Gold" PG 017 multi-meter that came with two probes
> (red and black) with hard points on the ends.
>
> Now though I need probes with grips to hold small wires.
> When looking at the adverts, I cannot tell whether the plugs will fit the PG 017.
>
> Can anyone advise?
>

If it's like my Precision Gold meter then the leads are standard and
just about any you buy will fit. I've bought quite a few from CPC for
my meters and they are (just about) all interchangeable.

Try CPC codes IN05825, IN05826 and IN00724.

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[Paul]

pinnerite wrote:
> I have a "Precision Gold" PG 017 multi-meter that came with two probes (red and black) with hard points on the ends.
>
> Now though I need probes with grips to hold small wires.
> When looking at the adverts, I cannot tell whether the plugs will fit the PG 017.
>
> Can anyone advise?
>

Alligator clips come in a couple styles.

Some have a rounded end, and the concept was,
the multimeter leads would "plug in" to the
back of the alligator clip. I don't think
any of my lead sets here, have the correct diameter
for this to work. So it must have been some kit I
used elsewhere, where this worked.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/111

The other kind are a sort of "solder-tail", in
the sense that there's a hole for a wire to go
through, and the body of the wire is held in
place by the bendy bits on the end. You bend those
over once the soldering is finished, to give the
wire some support. You have to wait for the work
to be well-cooled, before working the bendy bits.

https://canada.newark.com/productimages/standard/en_US/90B7206-40.jpg

Now, you can use alligator clip sets like these.
You slide one end down over the probe tip.
The other end then clips to the work.

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/a8c27313-4f1c-493a-8c71-efdc6515d704_1.300737a7ef081d54f956e148d2dbc20f.jpeg?odnWidth=undefined&odnHeight=undefined&odnBg=ffffff

If you have an electronics store handy, you can buy
all the bits to make those yourself. Alligator clips,
sleeves, and wire, then make up your own lead sets.

This style has a screw for fitting a wire, so
no soldering required (on this end). You still
need a banana plug for the other end. I only have
a couple of these as samples, and don't use them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_clip#/media/File:Alligator_clip_442.jpg

*******

The best leadsets, come with all sorts of items
thrown in for convenience. What is noteworthy about
the probe on this one, is the threaded section near
the insulation. That screws nicely into the back of the
alligator clips with the boxed opposite end on them.

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-9x7452d/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/285/877/8070_Automotive__42936.1605044695.jpg?c=2

So this one could be screwed onto the previous link.
That gives the best combination for adhesion. Even though
the boxed end is *not* threaded, and it's still
a compression fit. But it's a compression fit
involving a screwing action.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/111

As long as a lead set has the more-or-less-standard
plug end (banana plug with shroud), it should
work with a meter.

And meter probes, the working end does not take
a lot of abuse. It's possible to snap the plastic
in two pieces. This can happen if you drop a probe
onto the floor. If the tip hits at an angle, that's
enough to snap the (brittle) plastic in two,

Paul

[Andy Burns]

Paul wrote:

> pinnerite wrote:
>
>> I have a "Precision Gold" PG 017 multi-meter that came with two probes
>> (red and black) with hard points on the ends.
>> Now though I need probes with grips to hold small wires.
>

> Alligator clips come in a couple styles.

I think the O/P is after "hook clip" or "grabber clip" style leads, not
alligator style?

[alan_m]

Possibly 2mm shrouded

The electrical contact is a 2mm banana plug inside a plastic tube of
around 8mm diameter.

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[Paul]

I think I used an oscilloscope lead once, that had that
style of Pomona grabber on the end.

I can't remember if I had any multimeters like that.

On oscilloscopes, the "good stuff" had some pretty tiny
tips. I think our favorite was the oscilloscope lead with
the "coil spring ground pin", so that the two probes from
the scope could be 0.1" apart. The ground was a spring
steel thing, and you could have 0.1" spacing
or a slightly longer spacing.

But multimeters have been mostly "pig slop" when it
comes to innovative probing. I guess this is what happens
when you use too many Harbour Freight meters. You don't
even get a decent needle tip.

Paul

[Dave W]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:58:51 +0000, pinnerite <pinn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I have a "Precision Gold" PG 017 multi-meter that came with two probes (red and black) with hard points on the ends.
>
>Now though I need probes with grips to hold small wires.
>When looking at the adverts, I cannot tell whether the plugs will fit the PG 017.
>
>Can anyone advise?

I use insulated alligator clips. I've bent the wire-grip section into
a suitable diameter to grip my thin multimeter probes when I insert
them into the grip.
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Dave W

[newshound]

Agreed; Google "meter probe hook grip" or similar throws up the sort of
thing. Fluke ones are expensive but there are cheaper clones.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

I used to use two crocodile clips suitably bent and squashed where the wire
goes in to grip the probes, If you get the clips with the little plastic
booties than it used to work a treat and any pull on the cables resulted in
no damage to the circuit, the probes simply pulled out.
Brian

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[Rod Speed]

Brian Gaff (Sofa) <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> I used to use two crocodile clips suitably bent and squashed where the
> wire goes in to grip the probes, If you get the clips with the little
> plastic booties than it used to work a treat and any pull on the cables
> resulted in no damage to the circuit, the probes simply pulled out.

I prefer the hook clip style, much less likely to short anything
out and have all the different types so the best one for the
job can be used with a particular bit of measuring.

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[John Taylor]

Hi pinnerite

sorry to ask but I have a Precision Gold 017 and was wondering if when you change the battery you could make a note of the PCB solder position number of the buzzer wires as mine have both disconnected when changing the battery and I'm bu##ered if I can see where the go back, i would really appreciate it