Hi gang,
I used to knot the wire until it became shorter than the other.  I add a 
little black electrical tape to the negative wire as a flag or wrapped 
around the wire.  Gary KB2YAA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: The TW2 came.


    Colin:

Yes, I've heard of the knot approach to marking the positive lead, and agree
that it is very very reliable.

May have to graduate to that step here if my dymo labels don't stay on, but
so far so good.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: The TW2 came.


it's too bad they stopped including the wallwart with the meters...though I
don't think they ever included it with the tw2...when I got my tw1 years ago
from HRO, it came with a wallwart and the power supply leads.
those leads have come in rather handy a few times for other projects and
devices.
I have a talking multi-meter with the audible continuity tester, so figuring
out which wire is which with an outside ground and posative center pin is no
problem at all.
I also always put a single knot in the posative/red/hot wire so that I
always always know which is which...labels can fall off and so on...a knot
never comes out.
apparently this is a more common practice than I thought...i've met a few
sighted electronics geeks who do the same thing so they can easily tell
which wire is which in low lighting or hard to see locations.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: The TW2 came.


>    Kevin:
>
> Ok on your reasons for needing the walwart, but at least you know if Radio
> Shack doesn't have something you can use, you have the other alternative
> of
> working with the leads they gave you.
>
> Fortunately for me, I have sighted assistance, and can get help with wire
> colors for positive and negative.  Once I know which is which, I
> immediately
> label them with dymo tape, so I don't accidentally get them reversed.
>
> Anyway, good luck, and please keep us posted on how you do with the new
> TW2.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: The TW2 came.
>
>
> Hi Tom.
>
> I checked the box that the TW2 came in as well as the box that they packed
> the box with the TW2, and there's no 12 volt wall wart.  There is the lead
> that can be hooked to my Astron, but I have two things going against me.
> First, my hands aren't coordinated enough to put the wires on the
> terminals,
> and second, and more importantly, I don't know what wire goes where.  As a
> friend of mine said I have a 50 50 chance, but I really don't want the
> blue
> sparks coming out of this nice new meter.  I can wait until tomorrow or
> Friday to get what I need.
>
> I may have fun and switch the meter to German.  I can learn the numbers
> that
> way. <grin>
>
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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