I have a couple of leads, original Solartron. Sorry, I'm not parting with them (I have a 7061) but I can photograph them. However I'd imagine the connectors are identical to David's.
On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM David C. Partridge via volt-nuts < [email protected]> wrote: > I have no personal experience of them - all my home-made leads were made > with Fischer connectors rather than clones, as at the time I don't believe > you could get Chinesium copies. I think they have PEEK insulation as does > the Fischer version. I don't think Solartron specified a PTFE special > version. > > No-one on the Solartron-Schlumberger group has indicated any issues with > them. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Razvan Popescu via volt-nuts <[email protected]> > Sent: 26 September 2025 19:07 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Razvan Popescu <[email protected]> > Subject: [volt-nuts] Re: Value of Solartron 7071 > > Hello David, > > The question is, are these connectors the same in performance? You have a > 7.5 digit multimeter and if you use wrong connectors and cables it can make > that 7th digit useless. > > If the 7th digit is useless does it make sense to buy your 750 GBP + > shipping + taxes or I can buy for the same amount 3 pieces 34401A or > Keithley 2000. Prices for those 6.5 digit multimeters are around 300-350 > EUR > now. > > There is a reason why Solartron used that connector, they could have also > fit 4mm banana posts but they didn't... > > My 2 cents... > > Regards, > Razvan > > On 26/09/2025 15:40, David C. Partridge via volt-nuts wrote: > > If you want to make your own leads, you can get Chinese copies of the > Fischer S104-A053-130+ connector on Aliexpress, for details please see: > > <https://groups.io/g/Solartron_Schlumberger_Equipment/topic/103448605> > > > > So, it's not the cost hurdle it was when you could only buy them form > Fischer (with a large MOV). > > > > David > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send > an > email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow > the > instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send > an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
