I believe that the Fluke shorting system has 3/4" spacing both vertically and horizontally, which is not compatible with the 3458 (I couldn't find a spec but visually it looks identically in both dimensions in the photos). The 3458 spacing is slightly greater than 3/4' horizontally.
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Rob Klein <rob.kl...@smalldesign.nl> wrote: > You gentlemen are aware that these things are available from Fluke at a > fairly reasonable price? > > http://nl.farnell.com/fluke/fluke-884x-short/lead-test-4- > wire-fluke-884x-short/dp/1274092 > > > Met vriendelijke groet, > Rob Klein > > verstuurd vanaf mijn smartphone > > Op 9 nov. 2017 14:12, om 14:12, "David C. Partridge" < > david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk> schreef: > >Mark > > > >I'm trying to imagine what you are describing - is this PCBs with 4mm > >banana plugs installed or a small PCB with two slots at 3/4" centres to > >match the socket spacing? > > > >If the latter is this intended to cover just two sockets or to short > >all four Force and Sense sockets together (if arranged like a 3458A)? > > > >Thanks > >Dave > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: volt-nuts [mailto:volt-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Mark > >Sims > >Sent: 09 November 2017 02:14 > >To: volt-nuts@febo.com > >Subject: [volt-nuts] Banana jack shorting straps > > > >The main use of these would be shorting sense to drive jacks. They > >could also be used for input shorts. The advantage over bare copper > >would be the ENIG gold finish... bare copper quickly forms oxide layers > >and copper oxide has a horrible thermal EMF. Granted, ENIG gold > >basically involves waving a bar of gold over the plating tank and > >hoping some gold atoms fall off. The board house I use deposits a > >thicker layer than most. You don't want to know what "hard gold" > >finish would cost. > > > >Using a PCB house to fab them is probably 20 times less expensive than > >having a machine shop do them out of solid copper... maybe 50 times > >less if you need to get them gold plated. > >_______________________________________________ > >volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to > >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > >and follow the instructions there. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > >To unsubscribe, go to > >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > >and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.