MOTM

At 4:22 PM -0500 4/20/03, J. Larry Hendry wrote:
>
>Well, I was referring to the end that goes on the wire :)

Oh yeah :)  The females have "screw terminals", to solder.

>  > The Mouser catalog does list chassis-mount speakons with screw terminals,
>  >but I've never seen those in nature.
>
>I have one right here.  I much prefer the one with the screw terminals;  The
>push-on-lug style uses the smaller harder to find terminals and not the
>standard 0.25 inch terminals.

Yes, many speakons use .187, but some use .250.  Mouser sells
NL4MP-UC which uses .250 -- and at this point, that's what I'm thinking of
getting.

>OK, Speak-ons do come in a variety including an AC power version with
>heavier contacts.

They're selling speakons as AC connectors?!  That's brilliant :/
Please don't tell me I have to fly to Liechtenstein just to kick
somebody's ass ;)

>I used the standard 4 conductor as it has plenty of metal
>for the current in MOTM DC.

I agree.

>  > Speakons are round so I can use a hole saw.
>
>I can address a little experience here too.  The hole size on all the 4 pole
>speak on's is the same.  But, the barrell size is 0.93 inches. So, a perfect
>US hole size would be 15/16" drill size.  Now, I own a fair amount of drill
>bits.  Once you get above 5/8" they seem to come in 1/8" increments instead
>of 1/16".  So while I have been able to find 9/16, I have been unable to
>locate 11/16, 13/16, or 15/16 inches to fill in the gaps in my dill
>collection.

Thanks for the heads up.  Milwaukee, Dewalt, etc. make 15/16 hole
saws, although it is an odd size.  You can also get a 15/16" auger
for wood.  Then again using a 7/8" and a file wouldn't be too
difficult -- especially if the case is aluminum.  I'm much more
concerned with trying to make rectangular holes for the AC connector.

>The point of this is that some of use may be foreced to drill a 1" hole.
>The size of the eschusion and mounting hole pattern makes the 1" hole very
>close to too big.  However, the Speak on connectors that have the round
>flange, have ample room to allow for drilling of a one inch hole.

I think the large round speakons would be a good choice for the back
of a cabinet, but just like "regular" speakons can handle enough
juice for MOTM DC, the round speakons seem kind of large to me for
mounting to a metal box like an amp or power supply.  Otoh, this is
imho as Neutrik is now marketing more rugged "touring" versions of
their speakon connectors.



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