HISTORY:
This component has been pulled from yet more "dated" test equipment I have had on the "operating table" a.k.a. the workshop bench.
Why "part out" such components?
I am very much "into" sustainability, a manufactured component (no matter how small) represents an appreciable amount of embedded energy and to waste that embedded energy is a very bad thing, even worse is to bury it in landfill and subsequently poison our environment!
What is embedded energy?
Embedded energy is a measurement of the total energy that was used to create a component, a module or a complete piece of equipment originally and should include all processes used in the manufacture of the item, from obtaining the raw materials, processing them, making the product and then shipping to another manufacturer in the "chain" or being supplied directly to stores as a finished product for retail sale.
UNBRANDED - Banana Terminal Socket
Country of origin is unknown (although the equipment was from a UK manufacturer)
Type: Panel mounting
Colour: Red ~ Brown
Materials: Metal plus Bakelite top section
Definitely Bakelite (Bakelite test comes up positive in both rubbing and the smell, don't you love the smell of formaldehyde in the early morning!)
Completely isolated from the mounting panel
Inner hole is 3.8mm OD and comfortably fits a standard banana plug for an inserted length of 17mm
The rear solder terminal is the "hole" type, where the connecting wire is "solder sweated" inside the socket, no solder tag.
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 23mm (entire) or 4.8mm extended from a mounting panel
Body diameter: 10mm OD
Mounting hole required: 7.4mm diameter
Maximum mounting panel thickness: 2.5mm
Lock washer and nut for panel mounting are provided
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
Clean
NO thread damage
All metal is clean and bright
Bakelite top section is clean and not cracked
Solder terminal at the rear does still have solder inside but this is easy to deal with when fitting new wiring.
Supplied in a sealed clear plastic packet
