Hmm, it appears that is true. I've just checked on both my 3456 and 3457 and they do indeed have a larger horizontal spacing. Interestingly, the spacing on the 3456 is slightly smaller than on the 3457.
Met vriendelijke groet, Rob Klein verstuurd vanaf mijn smartphone Op 9 nov. 2017 19:48, om 19:48, Randy Evans <[email protected]> schreef: >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 <[email protected]> >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" < >> [email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Mark >> >Sims >> >Sent: 09 November 2017 02:14 >> >To: [email protected] >> >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 -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to >> >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts >> >and follow the instructions there. >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> >To unsubscribe, go to >> >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts >> >and follow the instructions there. >> _______________________________________________ >> volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ >> mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >_______________________________________________ >volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >To unsubscribe, go to >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts >and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
