An ac-based continuity tester for front-line test-and-repair jobs provides a simple go/no-go test for localizing faults in multiconductor cables (Figure 1). Open circuits are more likely to occur at ...

As part of my basement finishing project, I ran 7.2 speaker cables and 4 HDMI drops from my AV closet to the theater room. I don't have speakers or a display yet to test them and we are having drywall ...

The situation: I rent a place, it has network cabling installed (no conduit) and the cables from the rooms terminate in one room where I have the router etc. I ended up installing some of the wall ...

Welcome to another in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has more than 20 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly. This post ...

Before you buy a cable tester, you need to decide what it should achieve. At the lowest level, a tester identifies shorts and opens resulting from mistakes made when the cable was fabricated or caused ...

Platinum Tools, a brand of preparation, installation, hand termination, and testing solutions from NSI, is proud to announce the launch of its new PT-OTDR-100 mini OTDR tester. The PT-OTDR-100 is ...