Any tips for breadboarding with these? I cannot maintain a reliable connection with mine.
1248481
take your needle nose pliers and flatten out the leads so they will press all the way in, other wise they work their way out of the bread board.
691986
Great question, I have several but have not yet connected them. I'll try to do that tonight and report back.
1743881
Check your connection. unplug them and re plug them and try to listen for it to snap in place or feel if connects Same issue I had on one of them It didn't conect all the way and make sure they look wired up correctly as your old one if no return for new ones
675258
That's what Im afraid of. Were they still under warranty and did you try to return? thx!!
1309362
I do not own any 3M breadboards. I do however have 2 Elenco std. 830 tie point breadboards, and 3 of these larger 9438 breadboards, with base, banana power plugs and extra power strip. I've used these for about 5 years now, and would buy again. I've seen the negative reviews about poor connections and have not had these problems. The main reason I don't have the 3M boards, and I've seen them on digikey and elsewhere, is because I can get three of these boards for that price. And at the end of the day, there are much more important things to spend the money on. So if I were you, I'd get one of these. If you have the money, and you will be doing a lot in college or otherwise with breadboards, buy two and have the extra space to do more prototyping. I think these boards do just fine. Hope this helps!
1080307
I've had the same exact issue and am exchanging for another pair. They crackle even without being plugged into anything, in my case, though it's often worse when I plug it in.
1976993
Hi there Juliane! It's been so long (a few years now) since I had these that all I can tell you is they didn't work so I returned them. G.Loux
1691221
Only thing I can think of is make sure everything is properly connected. A connection could be loose
1990057
Unfortunately, we have had the same problem. We did unplug the connections and plug them back in to the other open "plug-ins" and they worked for a month or so. At the present time, we only have two feeds working. We have not had the time to trace the problem. Sorry this isn't helpful, other than supposedly misery loves company. I hope this is an easy fix.
556999
I wish i could help, but guess what? I have the very same problem and mine is pretty new! If you get them to connect please let me know so i can try my luck.
689580
I have successfully connected and disconnected them. I can't recall if you have to press in a tab or squeeze or something, but they're not permanently attached after connecting.
26238
I have the same problem....everyone is talking about jumpers and my board is missing them too. Sending mine back also.
2123304
I had similar problems and even when "they worked" they were not reliable. They cut in and out all the time. I used them to talk to my wife on the bow of our boat when we are docking and she is throwing lines. I threw them out and bought a set of SPH10 from SENA. More expensive but completely blue tooth wireless, hands free and very reliable. You get what you pay for.
1881282
Try repairing them. Usually works after that; I have the same problem onces in awhile.
904263
I had the same problem. I just kept turning them on and off until they finally worked. I finally returned them for a myriad of other reasons. I now have the RIFG and they are wonderful.
1438622
I've had mine for well over a year and no QC issues. They will sometimes disconnect if the base is too close to another RF source such as a wireless router. I had mine in the office next to the wifi router and they'd drop out sometimes while not in use (never had any troubles with them in-use). I moved them out to the living room for use with my Xbox One and they've never dropped out.
237813
Just to see if they work, try using them individually and see what happens. The only concern I'd have is foreign material getting inside the jack holes and messing up the connections or that the prongs on the outside are perfectly intact. If they work for an entire day, you're in business I'd say; otherwise, these are not very expensive to purchase. Good Luck!