We don't see many videos about clip leads, but this one fits in well with our esoteric subject matter.
Carlos of Parts Candy (our sponsor) responds:
Interesting video. Yes the clips we make are nickel plated steel but the wire is tinned copper. When I was making custom orders I made some custom clip lead sets using 100% copper clips for a few people who really needed the low resistance. In most applications the steel clips should be fine. The resistance for 12” clips is about 12mOhms and the 32” clips are around 24mOhms, iirc.
The bottom lines: 1) Don't scrimp with a crimp -- get a good solid soldered clip-wire connection from Parts Candy. 2) Parts Candy wires are not fake. They are tinned copper 3) The metallic composition of Parts Candy clips does not degrade performance. 4) But if a customer really needs copper clips, Carlos can make them too.
Parts Candy web site: https://www.partscandy.com/
I hope you guys are taking notes... That video has almost 300K views in 6 days! Maybe it's time for the Solder Smoke crew to do a video on "Fake Components." Run an Amp or more (ElectroBoom Style) through anything and I'm sure the views will go through the roof. de KB7ZUT
ReplyDeletemy problem with test leads and clips isn't the wire or crimping it's that flexible boot around the clip. After a while they get hard and the arthritic fingers have a hard time opening the clip, I end up cutting the cover off.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY