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Shorting plugs - get some!

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Doc B.:
Here's a link to instructions for making a shorting plug. Make two of these and use them when someone tells you to "short the inputs and listen for noise" - very simple and useful tools that should be on every bench. Thanks to our bud Voltsecond for writing this up, oh, so many years ago.

http://www.siteswithstyle.com/VoltSecond/Shorting_plug_rca/shorting_plug.html

JC:
Absolutely essential in certain situations.  When I did commercial installations years ago, we carried a variety to cover the various input connectors we might encounter.

VoltSecond:
Wow, 9 years ago. It doesn't seem like that long ago.

Grainger49:
If you like to break in cables a pair of these and a pair of barrel connectors will do it.

ssssly:
What's the difference or reasoning for using different resistances?

Or does it not really matter?

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