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Banana jack shorting straps

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Charles Black
Wed, Nov 8, 2017 11:01 PM

Hi Mark,

On my 3458a calibration short I use a short piece of #12 copper house
wire bent into a "C" shape that  just drops into the banana jack holes.
It has the advantage low resistance with low thermal mass and the oxide
layer is broken when you tighten the nuts. HP recommended this in their
calibration manual.

Charlie

Hi Mark, On my 3458a calibration short I use a short piece of #12 copper house wire bent into a "C" shape that  just drops into the banana jack holes. It has the advantage low resistance with low thermal mass and the oxide layer is broken when you tighten the nuts. HP recommended this in their calibration manual. Charlie