Chip Whitley
New member
Hi all, I’ve a question for you that i can’t find the answer to myself. I’m sure it’s out there but i couldn’t track it. Anyway, I just started getting into soldering my own cables and such, and right now i’m working on soldering a patch bay. I just got a Fluke 87 multimeter off an electrician friend and when i started testing the continuity of my work, BEEP! I get a circuit. But i started wondering, what’s this number on the multimeter read-out that’s jumping around? So i tested a patch bay connection before i did anything to it, the cable before i attached it to the bay, everything was ok. 0.3Ω - 0.5Ω usually. After i’ve connected my cables, my read out is usually between 0.7Ω - 1.3Ω.
My question:
Wil i hear 1.3Ω in my signal? What can i do to solder better, just practice? Is there any literature online or video that is really good to help a guy out? Is 1.3Ω max a real bad resistance rating to have over two 11 ft cables running through a half-normalled bay? Thanks for any light that can be shed.
My question:
Wil i hear 1.3Ω in my signal? What can i do to solder better, just practice? Is there any literature online or video that is really good to help a guy out? Is 1.3Ω max a real bad resistance rating to have over two 11 ft cables running through a half-normalled bay? Thanks for any light that can be shed.