[sdiy] Banana vs. 1/4" question

[Neil Johnson]

JH wrote:
> PS.: I never really understood why people use these clumsy 4mm banana
> jacks which were designed to carry high voltage. *If* banana, then why
> not 2mm banana?? 2mm Bananas still make better contact than 1/8" jacks

I think because they are much stronger, having a 4mm plated brass rod
shoved into a mating hole.  I've known 4mm bananas last _years_ in
possibly the most harsh environment any electronic apparatus could find
itself in---a school lab!

After being inserted into bodily orifices, trodden on, eaten, thrown
across the room, zapped across power supplies, re-inserted into yet more
bodily orifices, dunked in sinks or vats of noxious chemicals, and so on,
and they still function as a connector (if a somewhat sticky and smelly
one at that).

Cheers,
Neil

PS: just _don't_ ask about the bodily orifices, ok?  So I was young, it
was a long time ago, no human sustained any long-term damage....*sheesh*
you'd think some people have a problem about certain natural functions....

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