[mythtv-users] Off topic - can someone identify this connector please, I think it's US standard.

[Another Sillyname]

On 18/03/2011, Andre <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On 18 Mar 2011, at 13:15, Simon Hobson wrote:
>>
>>
>> Eventually I learned that the job of the apprentice is to keep quiet
>> when the supposedly qualified electricians demonstrated their
>> ignorance.
>
> Or sometimes the supposedly qualified (insert whatever applies) realises
> they are ignorant and gets the apprentice to do all the difficult bits
> behind the boss' back.
>
> I designed my first Outside Broadcast truck many years before I designed my
> first Outside Broadcast truck :-)
>>
>> Hmm, how off topic can you get !
>
> This is Mythtv-users!
>
> BTW I would say that connector in the photo is 95% going to be a push fit F
> connector, judging by scale, construction and purpose.
> Is that better?
>
>>
>>> Those circular strippers are a reasonable solution I concede if you
>>> are not used to such things and need 4 or 5 cables ending but for me
>>> they go in the same category as Leatherman or similar multitools,
>>> they are collectively the spaghetti visual basic of the electronics
>>> world. :-P
>>
>> They have their uses - as long as you understand a) how to use them,
>> and b) what their limitations are.
>
> As with all things.
>
> I've crafted many a crufty bash script or horrible dos batch file but my
> cables are all beautifully terminated.
>
> The rear of a friend's hifi is almost a work of art, all the cables are made
> exactly to length and perfectly dressed into place. He was very annoyed to
> find he couldn't buy parts to make HDMI cables himself!
>
>
> Andre
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Cripes I think I opened a whole bag of worms.........