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  • čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
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Komentáře • 89

  • @BigJohnsHamShack
    @BigJohnsHamShack Před měsícem +6

    I have teenagers at home. Anything USB A or C, combos of A and C, or Apple Lightning simply vanishes into thin air, never to be seen again.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +3

      My teenagers left a year ago... and left a mess behind to boot...

  • @KK7LXU
    @KK7LXU Před měsícem +5

    Solid video! I only wish it also had a rudimentary test for VBUS & GND resistance too - this is an area of USB-C cable design that has been routinely abused by cheap cable vendors and can put harsh limits on functional cable lengths for USB2 data.

  • @don_n5skt
    @don_n5skt Před měsícem +4

    One of the biggest dilemmas that I had when moving. What are all these cables and what can I get rid of and what should I keep. I got both devices and am going to start going through my cables and hopefully thinning them out. It does not solve one of my problems. A well made USB C cable that is 10+ feet needs to have a higher than normal guage wire so that you do not lose current going over 10 feet that you would going over 3 feet. This has caused me issues with tablets that I like to rapid charge but won't over a 10 foot cable. Anyway, for the car device, wonder how this would work on the car charge port built into a solar generator? That might be a good experiment.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +1

      That was the first way I tried it was plugged into a solar generator - would give you 2 more USB ports to charge more devices!

    • @don_n5skt
      @don_n5skt Před měsícem

      @@temporarilyoffline Giving you a PD port where there was not one before, yes. ;)

  • @RoyArmy-WREW918
    @RoyArmy-WREW918 Před měsícem +1

    Went and bought both before video was halfway through, so ... Big Thank you for finding these, the USB Tester is much, much needed ...

  • @Bluescout612
    @Bluescout612 Před měsícem +3

    Eye opening for sure and something I will get

  • @HamRadioCrusader
    @HamRadioCrusader Před měsícem +2

    TREEDIX! Now there is a name I never thought I would be saying out loud! This is an AWESOME device. I gotta get one.

  • @HammockRadio
    @HammockRadio Před měsícem +2

    I got the same tester a while back and it's great to finally find and label the cables for what they are. I just wish they printed each cable type light reference on the back instead so it's easier to decipher between thunderbolt, lightning, and USB3.2 etc. Mine didn't have a manual, so I had to track them down and make my own reference chart. Anymore, if I buy a USB3 data cable, I just make sure its USB-IF certified.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +2

      For the price difference, I don't know why they make different cables like that. Would save us all some troubles!

  • @Hamradio101
    @Hamradio101 Před měsícem +2

    Yeah great vid Steve bought one of these cable testers a couple of years ago for around $2

  • @robertmeyer4744
    @robertmeyer4744 Před měsícem +1

    Love that cable tester. I have a bunch. some bad. I have that tester in my cart. and that car charger PD 45 watt . I have bigger ones 65W and 100 watt. NY got hit with heat wave. past 3 days so far . 92/98/93 . and muggy. some power grid trouble. fixing gas generators and electric lawn mowers and busy changing bad outlets that run AC units. if 20 amp circuit I put in 20 amp good commercial rated outlet. they hold up. most newer homes have #12 wires. better for AC . waiting to get paid so i can pay bills and get the cable tester. Heat slowing people down. even me. hard to fix stuff in the shop being so muggy ! I do have AC running on costumers generator. had to load test . 73's

  • @ronwolenski-n8wcr
    @ronwolenski-n8wcr Před měsícem +2

    Great little and handy tester, at a good price. Now throw away those questionable cables. You know you will just get more.

  • @Jack-tr1jm
    @Jack-tr1jm Před měsícem

    Great video! I always learn from your channel. Just ordered both. Looking forward to testing my collection of mystery cables soon. Thanks Steve!

  • @victorcharlie7491
    @victorcharlie7491 Před měsícem +1

    How convenient is that! Nice, I like it, tnx Man!

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +2

      Fits right in the box of USB cables to always be at the ready - that's how I should have ended the video... with keeping all the cables anyway 🤣

  • @lavenderlilacproductions
    @lavenderlilacproductions Před měsícem

    Schroedinger's USB cable: it is simultaneously right side up and upside down until you try to plug it in, at which point the probability function collapses into the opposite of how you are trying

  • @TheTdub
    @TheTdub Před měsícem +1

    Great video, very informative. Can't wait to get one, or two.

  • @thuff3207
    @thuff3207 Před měsícem +2

    Very cool and this is very useful.

  • @NovemberOneOscarGrouch
    @NovemberOneOscarGrouch Před měsícem

    That's a really neat cord tester. I'll definitely add that to my cart. Thanks T.O.

  • @deankq4adj125
    @deankq4adj125 Před měsícem +2

    Great video T.O., I am always trying to figure out if a cable is charge only or if it transmits data too!

  • @HamRadioA2Z
    @HamRadioA2Z Před měsícem +1

    Very cool find!

  • @iowahank1
    @iowahank1 Před měsícem

    Finally I'm ahead of you. Bought mine 6 months ago LOL.

  • @K3JRZOnTheAir
    @K3JRZOnTheAir Před měsícem

    I'll hav to pick one up... Thanks for the video!

  • @borjaruiz1941
    @borjaruiz1941 Před měsícem

    Two aux chargers and one tester ordered right away!!!! Awesome video!!
    6:50 isn't that a micro USB? Mini is a bit bigger.

    • @KK7LXU
      @KK7LXU Před měsícem

      Yep it's the SuperSpeed (USB3) microUSB receptacle

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem

      Good deal - I always get them confused. I go by shape and they disappear so quick from usefulness... USB-D will be out soon enough I'm sure.

  • @user-zk2yd6xm8s
    @user-zk2yd6xm8s Před měsícem +1

    Every geek going to have to have one.

  • @NovemberOneOscarGrouch
    @NovemberOneOscarGrouch Před měsícem +1

    That small USB car charger is neat. I'd be curious to know if the light is on at all times it's powered, and if so, what is the draw?

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +1

      Its on all the time... dunno the draw, but all the current car chargers are like that unfortunately. Not really a big deal if you drive regularly, but coming back from deployment to find your car dead because the phone charger was lit up is a problem.

  • @KB0OTY
    @KB0OTY Před měsícem

    Thanks for putting this out there. I bought one of these and it arrived today. Now I have about 40 usb cables in my trash can lol.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +1

      I struggled with it, but eventually gave in and tossed them. My big take away was to just get one cable for each kit and not have any spares at all.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +1

      And side note: It's KB0OTY, long time no see ... How you doin?

    • @KB0OTY
      @KB0OTY Před měsícem

      @@temporarilyoffline Thanks, I'm doing well. Life got overwhelming so I have been in SWL mode for a few months now.

  • @tommyandtammy1
    @tommyandtammy1 Před 10 dny

    Thanks and God Bless.

  • @LifeAtTerminalVelocity
    @LifeAtTerminalVelocity Před měsícem

    This is a handy bit to have.

  • @haxwithaxe
    @haxwithaxe Před měsícem +1

    I call power only mini USB cables that size 70cm dipoles in waiting

  • @GerForever
    @GerForever Před měsícem +1

    USB is evil but this helps!

  • @thomasflorence6233
    @thomasflorence6233 Před měsícem

    Essential test equipment

  • @bryantwalley
    @bryantwalley Před měsícem +1

    15:30 Thunderbolt cable may have A and B data? The ends are the same as USB-C.

    • @KK7LXU
      @KK7LXU Před měsícem

      The provision for being able to use both the "A" and "B" side of the USB2 D+/D- positions is available for USB-C products which have a "captive cable" (a cable that has one USB-C connector and is either permanently attached or has a non-USB connector on the opposite end). In the past, these signal positions have been used for vendor-specific functions which utilized e.g. I2C/TWI or UART to accomplish. Note that the standard USB-C cables do not include 2 independent USB2 differential pairs which would connect at both of those A/B positions for USB2, so a purpose-built captive cable is necessary. The common practice in the majority of products is for the USB2 A/B positions to be shorted together on the PCB.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem

      you got it.

  • @eugenecbell
    @eugenecbell Před měsícem

    Keep all the cables. Eventually, they all break and then you need the others for a backup. At some point you have no cables left. Avid that point by keeping all cables.

  • @angelscomputers
    @angelscomputers Před měsícem +3

    Man, I love you but sometimes I hate you. Just last night I said "I need to stop watching CZcams and buying so much cr@ap", next day BOOM, CZcams send me a Subscriber notification just for the exact device I was needing so bad the other day while running through a ton of USB cables that were giving me issues. My wallet hates you so bad bro. Hahaha, thank you, buying one right away and disappearing from internet so I dont go broke...Actually, will be cool a tester that test the speed of the cable too! dang it!

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +1

      I know the feeling... how do you think I wound up with one?

    • @angelscomputers
      @angelscomputers Před měsícem +1

      @@temporarilyoffline LMAO, so you are sharing your problems like a virus huh 😂

    • @angelscomputers
      @angelscomputers Před měsícem +2

      Hey, just to beat you I just bought it with the clear case for $2 more! Lol

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem

      @@angelscomputers I didn't see that until I was making the video. You win!

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem

      @angelscomputers like a bad tasting drink at a bar: "this is awful, try it!"

  • @chuckkostelc4636
    @chuckkostelc4636 Před měsícem

    So, why in H E double toothpicks are there so many various "Standard" cables types? It's like RS232 All over again. 25 pin D, 9 pin D, Null modem... Ugh.. de N9RZV

  • @HarveyTang
    @HarveyTang Před dnem

    I have a USB A to C cable that I got from Adafruit that shows as having symmetrical GND and VBUS connections and no D+/D-. I can use this cord to connect my laptop and a keyboard and use the keyboard to type on the laptop with no loss of functionality - are the D+/D- pins not required for data transfer over this cable, or am I misunderstanding something about the specification?

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před 10 hodinami

      You have the same understanding I do... maybe there is some other path for signals to go on, but now we'd need to read the USB and the HID specs to get further info. - head scratcher for sure.

  • @slappomatthew
    @slappomatthew Před měsícem +2

    I need thanks

  • @Mcneillkj
    @Mcneillkj Před měsícem

    Car charger adapter: How can you get multiple output voltages as called out in the video? I need 9vdc out.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem

      You would need the appropriate "9v PD trigger cable" to make it work. The "device" requests the right power when plugged in. If your device is already USB-C, the plug it in. If not, Amazon will have the cable.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem

      You would need the appropriate "9v PD trigger cable" to make it work. The "device" requests the right power when plugged in. If your device is already USB-C, the plug it in. If not, Amazon will have the cable.

  • @ChrisRobinsonKF6NFW
    @ChrisRobinsonKF6NFW Před měsícem

    just got done with this because I was hoping you would hit on one aspect of cables that many seem to not notice. and you kinda did. While it wasnt your goal in any way. data cables have a correct way and a not correct way. there is an up and down on them. besides that, my main point for comment is that with all the dead broken conectores cables, its time to spend the few dollars and order the box of connectors from the Jungle market, and start re-connectorizing all those cables. Some you will find are easy and worth it, others not so much.
    The true USB-C cables with the 20 wires in it, toss those babies, you will never resolder them correctly.

    • @temporarilyoffline
      @temporarilyoffline  Před měsícem +1

      Its a dilemma... all of it!

    • @ChrisRobinsonKF6NFW
      @ChrisRobinsonKF6NFW Před měsícem

      @@temporarilyoffline I do agree. Not all repairs are worth it. Be selective. I keep the repair kits for the field because out in the desert, next day delivery doesnt exist, and so repairs are the only way to keep on the air sometimes, until the delivery guy from the Jungle market can drop the order of next cables to be destroyed by the kids and environment!