[sdiy] IC socket reliability/0.100 headers?

[Neil Johnson]

Stewart Pye wrote:
> I have found 0.1" connectors to be unreliable in equipment I have been
> repairing. Often the contacts oxidise.
>
> Does anyone know of a shroud or strain relief that is available so that
> the wires can be soldered directly to the PCB, but before you solder the
> wire to the PCB you push the wires through holes in this strain relief
> receptacle which then clips on to the PCB???

If you're going to solder the wires directly to the PCB then either 
P-clips if you have enough wires for a wire loom, or do as MOTM does and 
cable-tie them down.

Neil
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