[sdiy] Covers / shroud for unused header pins?

[The SynthiMuse]

If it's just 1 or 2 pins, you could strip some appropriately-sized wire and
slide a length of insulation on to the pins, then melt a little spot of the
insulation so it bonds to the pin.

Alternatively,  if you have some heatshrink tubing, that would be the ideal
solution.
Gerry

On Thu, 5 Sept 2024, 18:00 James Coplin, <james at ticalun.net> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone can point at some product or tell me how you
> would handle the problem of exposed unused pins on headers?
>
> Yesterday, I burned out a board when an exposed piece of connector
> happened to touch some exposed pins while opening and closing the case.
> I've looked around for some sort of a cap or cover so the pins are exposed
> to shorting and I'm surprised I'm not finding anything? Maybe I just don't
> know what they are called.
>
> Does anyone have a solution to these exposed pins? I might just 3d print
> something but that seems excessive from a fiddly time perspective.
>
> James R Coplin
>
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