[sdiy] german bananas

[Needham, Alan]

Well, you live and learn! (said the Dalek to the dustbin) I always
thought that banana was different to (and incompatible with) 4mm, but
having looked up some of the suggested links on this thread, I'm not so
sure!
Certainly, some of my old test gear (and leads to suit) have connectors
which look like 4mm plugs/sockets but they DO NOT fit 4mm sockets/plugs.

I always ASSUMED that this old (1960's or thereabouts) gear used some
imperial dimensioned connector (which I have always known as 'banana')
that had gone obsolete with metrication. I remember in the '70s having
to order either 'banana' or 4mm, so some suppliers used the same
distinction.

Anybody else remember this terminology?
		Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Derek Holzer
Sent: 21 June 2009 11:05
To: Synth-DIY list
Subject: Re: [sdiy] german bananas

OK, let me ask this another way:

Is it safe to assume that any 4mm laboratory connection that looks like 
a banana jack would fit any other? Or are there different specs between 
manufacturers (like Hirschmann)?

D.


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