[sdiy] Does Such A Socket Exist????

BrightBoy jdec at mindspring.com
Tue Jan 27 19:43:05 CET 2004


Hey Gang!

Here's the scenario:

Quite a few pro/consumer electronics companies, in attempt to save money,
merely use a coin-style batterie with built-in solder leads instead of a 
socket/battery combination.

When these style of batteries die, most techies (myself included) will want to
replace the coin-style battery with a socket to make battery replacement in
the future a trivial task.

HOWEVER, all the coin-style battery sockets that I've run across don't have
the same lead spacing as the coin-style batteries with built-in leads.

In some cases (real estate permitting on the PCB) I've been able to kludge
together a small proto-board that contains a coin-style socket that is wired
to two long wire wrap pins (at the proper spacing).  While this works, it
isn't the cleanest nor smallest solution.

Does anyone know if retro-fit coin-style sockets exist that have the same
lead spacing as the coin-style batteries with built-in leads????

Cheers,

Jeff





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