[sdiy] Banana vs. 1/4" question

[Ken Stone]

They are PCB mounted test points. Probably a snug fit for pin-jacks such as
multimeter probes.

Ken

>On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 11:36:11PM -0500, Grant Richter wrote:
>> Not dissing bananas, but they do cost at least a quarter apiece.
>> 
>> Has anybody got an idea for a really cheap connector?
>
>I keep running across some connectors that are extremely cheap.  Dont know
>how to describe them but I'll try.
>Think of a plastic tube that you could just fit a coathanger in.  Now drill
>a couple small holes in one side and insert a piece of metal thru one and
>out the other and bend the ends at right angles so they stick out for soldering
>but the metal runs along inside and acts like a contact/spring.  ie :
>
>( bad ascii art time if I can pull it off ) 
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>     __________
>    ()________()
>      |      |
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>That make sense?  I can go buy some and take a picture if it sounds
>interesting.  tonnes of them surplus.  solder them to a board along the edge
>and you have major high density simple connectors.  A bag of a couple hundred
>is usually a couple bucks.  No idea what they were used for.  Patches could
>be as easy as tinned 18ga wire, or real fancy could use cheap meter test
>lead kits ( junk chinese made ones are usually 25cents for a red and black
>lead ).
>
>I've thought about buying some of these to make a Matrix, but never have.
>
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