[Techtoolslist] Fluke 8088 pod and a moron...

[John Robertson]

Oh...that might not be so good for the pod.

I do have used, untested, pod-base connector cables for sale. Say, I 
dunno, $20US plus shipping seem fair? TTL members only pricing...

John :-#)#

At 1:21 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:
>Thanks for the reply - actually, it's the cable that goes from the 
>9010 base to the pod that I reversed inside the pod and is also the 
>one that wiggling seemed to allow the self test to pass.  Are those 
>available anywhere or should I recrimp pins into the connector?  I 
>am assuming they are different from pod to pod - is this a correct 
>assumption as well?  As for rummaging through your extensive pile of 
>spare parts, when can I show up?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>
>
>
>John Robertson wrote:
>
>>Unlikely that reversing the cable would damage the pod. The inputs 
>>are ALL protected up to 15VDC as I recall. Rather it is far more 
>>likely that you simply have a bad cable. You can order one from 
>>Digi-Key - Single-Ended - Style 2 (or 4 depending on where you want 
>>pin 1) from CW Industries - the Canadian part number (hey I'm in 
>>Canada) is C2PXT-4018M-ND for an 18 inch one that you can then 
>>simply crimp on the 40 pin socket #CSR40T-ND (with strain relief).
>>
>>At least that's what I would do (after rummaging through my pile of 
>>pod spare parts (extensive)).
>>
>>John :-#)#
>>
>>At 6:23 AM -0700 12/9/05, voyager at galaxian.com wrote:
>>
>>>I received a Fluke 8088 pod yesterday and plugged it in to do a 
>>>self test to see if my 'untested' pod worked or not.  Well the 
>>>test failed, but if I wiggled the cable at the pod side it seemed 
>>>to pass - so I pulled the case apart to look for loose connections 
>>>or wires. I looked at the cable connection that was a little lose, 
>>>disconnected it, plugged it back in and ran the test again to 
>>>produce nothing at all.  Next, I realized the connector was on 
>>>backwards - nice.  Of course, reversing it producing nothing but a 
>>>failure worse than before and wiggling the cable does nothing. 
>>>Anyone done this yet that has some info on how much damage it did 
>>>to the pod?  I could troubleshoot it with another 8088 pod, but I 
>>>do not have another...
>>>
>>>Greg
>>
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