[sdiy] Covers / shroud for unused header pins?

[Oren Leavitt]

Wire insulation strippings work great for this, or for insulating short 
jumpers. I save those when stripping hook up wire.

22 to 18 gauge insulation fits snugly over most standard header pins.

- Oren


On 9/5/24 11:55 AM, James Coplin 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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