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Currently there are testers for this kind of cable, automating a boring and time consuming job. To check a cable by hand, a | Currently there are testers for this kind of cable, automating a boring and time consuming job. To check a cable by hand, a multimeter, set to continuity, has it's positive lead attached to pin one. The negative is then touched to pin one of the opposite end of the cable, checking there is continuity, then to each other pin in turn to check the cable isn't shorted to any other pins. Then rinse and repeat for each pin. | ||
This means for a 19pin socapex cable a lot of checking needs to be done. | This means for a 19pin socapex cable a lot of checking needs to be done. | ||
