BACKGROUND
Sustainability is the name of the game! Anything (that has been tested and still functioning properly) should be repurposed creating saving in wasted Ee and reducing the poisoning our environment when items are buried in the earth at the local tip needlessly.
Never heard of Ee? It is a concept that creates a measurement of ALL things (not just electronics) that humans have made and the energy used in obtaining the raw material, processing the materials right through to a finished product and even should include the shipping of the item to the distributors/retailers.
If you would like to know more about Ee values, please take a look HERE
This "special" jack socket is new, old stock.
Occasionally there is a need for a socket that activates a "make" contact, which is completely isolated from the signal path, upon the full insertion of the jack plug ... these type 13's are designed for this purpose.
These are normally horrendously expensive (A$12+ each distributor pricing) but they are no longer of use to me and are looking to "leave home" so that they can serve a useful purpose elsewhere ...
SWITCHCRAFT high quality/high reliability products are used widely in the professional audio industry, particularly (but not limited to) in conjunction with musical instruments, patch panels, general input/outputs
SWITCHCRAFT - Panel Socket
Genuine product: stamped into the metal barrel rear 'SWITCHCRAFT' (on a curve)
Made in USA
6.35mm (1/4")
Part # 13
Open frame
2 conductor, Mono
Tip - Sleeve (single channel)
Single switch contacts, normally open. These switch contacts are completely isolated from either the signal ground or hot signal paths. When the jack plug is fully inserted, this butts against a nylon "button" which then pushes closed (make) the switch contacts.
Plated contact areas
Supplied with the nickel plated Switchcraft washer and nut.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NEW old stock
All metal work is clean and shiny
Solder eyelets are "ready to go"
I have now packed these into individual sealed packets.
There are only a few left, and I will not have any further supply after these have gone, so the more you buy ... the lower the cost per socket.
