Re: TechTonics test harness for checking CIS-E

[Mark Madison <mmadison@aracnet.com>]

Well, here's the deal with electronic test harnesses.
You get what you pay for sometimes, and other times you get gyped.
$30.00 doesn't seem like a lot of money that you will most likely save by
doing the work yourself.  If you think that the cost of making the item is
less, you also gotta think about the pain in the you know what it might be
to make it yourself.  I worked on lots of different kinds of test
equipment when I was a Tech in the Marines and I'll tell you most of the
stuff I used was probably overpriced, but at least I knew that it was
exactly what I needed to attach my test equipment to the specified device.
I wish I was like you and complained about spending 30 bucks, but I'm that
guy that just buys the damned thing knowing that I won't have to buy it
again, or perhaps make something that might not work excactly the way I
want it to.

just my .02



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Mark Madison
mmadison@aracnet.com

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Victor Farren wrote:

> I was looking at the TT website b/c my buddy was telling me that they
> had a good price on digital multi-meters ($25!).  I looked at the
> price for the test harness for checking CIS-E and I can't believe they
> want $30 for it!  What the heck are they giving you for this price????
>  
> 
> I imagine it is a bunch of the 'right' sized clips etc to easily clip
> into all the components that you want to check, but hey, lets get
> real, $30???  I bet you can find all of this stuff at a decent
> electronics store and build your own harness for a fraction of the
> cost.  Thing is, I don't know what sized clips to get.  
> 
> Anyone know and care to tell?
> 
> I am not cheap, its just that I hate to get ripped off and this seems
> like a classic case.  Although, the price for the multi meter seemed
> pretty good.
> 
> Victor
> 
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