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Parrot vs. One Hook Test Leads Clips
Parrot Test Leads Clip vs Gripper, Grabber, mini gripper test leads and probes
→ One-hook gripper clips are very often used as test probes and test leads for multimeters, oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
→ The Parrot Test Leads Clip invention, awarded the Gold Medal at the World Fair of Inventions in Brussels in 1991, provides four major advantages over conventional one-hook clips.
→ The advantages of the Parrot Clip are a direct result of the invention’s key novelty: the METAL TIP.
→ High insulation
→ Reliable connection at high temperatures
→ Reliable mechanical connection
→ Low point-contact resistance
→ One-hook gripper clips, two-hook clips and similar designs cannot be easily developed to meet the new quality and reliability requirements demanded by users of modern multimeters, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, DMMs, ohmmeters and spectrum analyzers.
→ Parrot gripper clips, available in different shapes and sizes, provide a versatile solution for Fluke, Hameg and other high-quality professional or hobbyist equipment.
PARROT™ CLIP
- High insulation – 1000V CAT III, according to IEC 1010-231.
- Light body, preventing detachment of the clip-on connection due to its weight.
ONE HOOK CLIP
- Low voltage insulation – large part of the one hook clip is not covered by plastic insulation.
- Low point contact, hands-on resistance = approximately 3 mohm (metal tip with sharp edges).
- Low clip-on, hands-free connection resistance = approximately 3 mohm (made between two metal parts).
- Reliable connection at high temperatures.
- Poor and uneasy point contact measurement – needs finger pressing during point contact measurement
- Can be used for placing or removing components.
- Poor accessibility in small narrow places.
- Plastic insulation is not allowing miniaturization of the plastic part of the one hook grip.
- Good accessibility, can be used in small, narrow places
- Poor hands free connection reliability made between metal and plastic part.
- Poor mechanical and temperature connection made between metal and plastic part.
→ The alligator clip, one-hook gripper clip, two-hook clip and similar designs cannot be easily developed to meet the new quality and reliability requirements of modern multimeters, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, DMMs, ohmmeters and spectrum analyzers.
→ The Parrot™ Clip Models and Probes are available in different shapes and sizes. The Parrot Clip provides an ideal solution for Fluke, Tektronix and other high-quality professional or hobbyist equipment.