[volt-nuts] Question for Fluke 732A owners

[Mark Wendt]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Mike S <mikes at flatsurface.com> wrote:

> On 2/26/2014 6:53 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote:
>
>> Oooooh!!  THAT's what they mean by 'male' and 'female'.  I get it!   :^))
>>
>
> You jest, but it's not always clear. Take the common Cannon "D-sub"
> connectors. A connector with male contacts will have have a female shield,
> making gender ambiguous. That's why they come in P (pin) or S (socket)
> forms, and not male/female.
>
> Or the old Token Ring connectors (or even older GR-874), which were
> hermaphroditic.
>


Or the not exactly intuitive BNC connector.  Or some of the old GR
connectors.

Mark