How To Test Patch Cables Without Taking Them Off Your Pedalboard!
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- Having a cable tester is a must have if you're a serious pedal user. You need a reliable way to make sure your cables are passing signal in all the right ways quickly and definitively.
The downside to cable testers is that the cable typically has to be removed from your pedalboard entirely before you can test it.
I wonder if there is a tool out there that can allow easy testing of cables without removing them from your pedalboard?
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Imagine this scenario
1:08 - Instead of a cable tester, get a multimeter!
01:27 - Make sure you have continuity
02:05 - How to test a cable with a multimeter
03:58 - Conclusion. Don't worry - cable testers are still good.
Love this. This will help alot of newbs like me troubleshoot my board. More of this content. Thanks a lot.
Appreciate it. Will do my best - suggestions welcome.
Fantastic video. Thank you very much. I’m sending your soldering videos to everyone I know around the world. BTW, I’m in South Australia. 😁👍
awesome. Thanks!
That's useful - but how do we test the quality of the cable connection? i.e. resistance level - this determines weak vs strong connections, right? When learning to solder I've made cables with only one or two strands of tip or ring signal connected and they still pass this multi beep test - but I know the connection is weak. How do we get more granularity on the quality of connection? Thanks
hoesntly.. you could use resistance to test this, but even with a few strands connected, you'll get a good reading. The best way if you're concerned about this, test with resistance and then also give the connections a visual inspection.
Just got a multimeter. So helpful!
Good investment for sure!
I’m still a bit confused though. The numbers are supposed to be zero correct? I noticed the multimeter beeps even with numbers showing so I don’t know if that’s a bad thing or not. The sleep and tip don’t beep though.
@@kristenrocksfrags8584 it beeps for low resistance generally but not JUST zero... so ya, even with some numbers you can still get beeps / continuity.
I missed the explanation of how to test a patch cable WITHOUT REMOVING IT FROM your pedalboard.
ha. Fair. This is assuming your cables are tied to your board (zip ties / anchors etc). with a multi-meter you don't need to unclip / cut those zip ties to test. With a traditional cable tester you typically would (undoing a lot of hard work / time)
@@GoodwoodAudio in this scenario you leave the cables tied to the board; and you have to unplug the two jacks from the two pedals. Correct?
My multi meter doesn't have a beep
Look in the manual for a continuity settings. Most multimeters have them.
Maybe I missed something, but where is the difference to a Cable-Tester? I thought the Cabletester will also make the Beep and for both Methods I need to unplug all cables!
Great question. A cable tester will give you the same results, but if you can't get the ends of the cables to both come to the cable tester (within a couple inches of eachother) you can't use it. The main thing Im saying with a multimeter is it's way easier to test cables on your board when they are either tied in, or more likely extend across your board to connect two pedals. But you're right, if the cable is only going a short distance, the cable tester is just as easy to use (unless the cable is too short, then you need a multimeter again).
@@GoodwoodAudio Ok, so I don’t need a cable tester and stay with my multimeter!
@@annonuem if you already have a multimeter, I'd just keep that around ya!
First.
haha well done!
OK so how do it test without taking off board? Click bait?
using a multi-meter... since the nodes are able to go far apart you can test each end of the cable easily.