[Amps] Kelvin clip holder

John T. M. Lyles jtml at lanl.gov
Thu Aug 11 19:27:54 EDT 2005


One at work here has rubber bands. O rings should work fine. Just so 
they hold tightly enough that the current source isn't making 
intermittent contact.
73
John


>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:11:46 -0400
>From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at verizon.net>
>Subject: [Amps] Kelvin Clips
>
>I have a set of kelvin clips here for my LCR meter which the rubber 
>tubing had went bad and someone replaced it with rubber bands 
>wrapped around each before I got them. They work but not as good as 
>they should. What type of tubing was that, like the old surgical 
>tubing? Also, I was thinking about rubber o-rings, I wonder how they 
>would work? These clips new are about $75 a set. There is a cheaper 
>set costing about $18 but the jaws are a lot smaller. Has anyone 
>used those? I think they may use a coil spring to close them, I'm 
>not sure. Any comments are welcome as I'd rather repair these I have 
>first.
>
>Best,
>
>Will


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