Booooooom Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Anyone use cable testers (and therefore would recommend any)? Considering something like this: http://www.audiospares.com/product.php?productid=99 or for a bit more (but does ethernet cables too): http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep11/articles/ultimate-cable-tester.htm I currently use a multimeter but find that a third or fourth hand would make life easier and like the idea of plugging the cables in and giving them a good wiggle whilst getting a visual indication. I'd considered making a basic tester but the variety of cables these accept makes me think it might be worth a punt for the gig bag...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Looks good to me. I doubt you could buy the casing and associated parts for much less than you'd pay for a ready made unit. It'll have limited ethernet testing facilities, but for the price tag I could happily ignore that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booooooom Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 That's what I'm thinking. I'd only need a simple it works/there's a problem device but the more connections the better IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Look very handy. I've got a Behringer CT100, which falls between those two in price, and it doesn't do speakons and only caters for 3 cores on the DIN sockets (so it's fine for MIDI but anything using 5 pins won't be fully tested). But it does show the interconnections all at once, and also has "intermittent" indicators. I don't think I'll be replacing it but should it ever die, one of the Studiospares ones would be a definite candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I use the Studiospares one, great bit of kit and saves hours when fault finding 'that' bundle of dead XLR leads :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What does the "ground fault" indicate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 [quote name='Booooooom' timestamp='1420833963' post='2654124'] or for a bit more (but does ethernet cables too): [url="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep11/articles/ultimate-cable-tester.htm"]http://www.soundonso...able-tester.htm[/url] [/quote] And 5 pin XLRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've got a version of the Studiospares tester (difference: mine's yellow), and am very happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fettsman Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've had the Behringer one for years. useful bit of kit. Also generates tone which is useful for troubleshooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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