Re: Help needed - component source

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:26:58 GMT, Lostgallifreyan <no-one@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ross Herbert <rherber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:gapm42lfc2r96l2hg0uluslp0t493olror@xxxxxxx:

I am building up an Elektor project pcb which calls for a pcb mount
rca jack from Monacor International (part T-709G)



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Those look pretty feeble. :) As you need to make a hole anyway, and
presumably make it very close to the board, is there any obstacle to
soldering direct links up from the board using single-stranded wire? That
would be easy to do, and you'd have a far stronger connector with a chassis
mounted type.


Actually, they are quite robust. They are far better than the plastic
bodied ones available from FarnellinOne and RS Components. As you note
below these latter items have a different footprint so they are
unsuitable.

I looked at the RS site in UK to see if they had PCB mounted phonos, and
found just one, last in their results, by Neutrik, with a different
footprint. Even Neutrik are hard-pressed to make one of those well, it's a
very poor concept, and RS clearly don't give it priority. Almost any kind
of workround will give better results than this desgn, as an RCA connector
always needs some force to join, so any kind of chassis mount is well worth
the effort.

I agree chassis mount is the strongest workaround and if I can't get
the correct ones then that is what I will do. I don't anticipate that
there will be frequent plugging and unplugging in these sockets so pcb
mount types will be satisfactory.

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