[sdiy] ASM-2 1/8" sockets

[Seb Francis]

Samppa Tolvanen wrote:
> On 9/6/06, Seb Francis <seb at burnit.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Careful to buy the CL13821/CL13841 parts rather than CL1382/CL1384 as
>> the latter does not contact well with some cheap far eastern plugs.
>> Part numbers are for Solder tags/PCB mount.
>>
>
> Or do You mean these are made for Imperialistic non-standard telco
> plugs made in USA?
>

No, it's to do with the tip size of some cheap far eastern 3.5mm jack 
plugs.  Some have a non-standard smaller than normal tip which doesn't 
contact well with Cliff sockets CL1382/CL1384.  The sockets 
CL13821/CL13841 are almost exactly the same but have a slight bend in 
the tip contact that makes it contact better.  Even so, these are not a 
particularly positive contacting design.  That's why I mentioned Cliff 
JYO-35 (FC6812) which have a more firm contact (but unfortunately have a 
ugly knurled panel nut).

Seb