HISTORY:
These test sockets have been removed from obsoleted test equipment which provided for front panel test access to various points in the signal paths.
The equipment has been on the "operating table" a.k.a. the workshop bench, these test sockets were carefully extracted.
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 - Test Socket
Country of origin is unknown (although the equipment was from a Japanese manufacturer)
Type: Panel mounting
Colour: Black
Materials: Plastic with Nickel plated contact area and rear solder post.
Completely isolated from the mounting panel
DIMENSIONS:
Top most section of the test socket is 7.7mm OD
Recessed into the top most section is the 2mm banana socket
Height of this section (this is the part that protrudes from the mounting panel) is 3.5mm
The threaded plastic shaft is 5.5mm OD and the total length of this shaft is 11.75mm, the soldering post extending out a further 4.25mm
The metal nut for panel mounting is provided
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
Clean
NO thread damage - I have ensured that every single nut screws on and also can be removed again easily, being plastic these threads can be prone to cross-thread damage.
All metal contact areas (front socket and rear solder post) are clean and bright
NO damage to the Black plastic body at all
Supplied individually packed into clear, sealed plastic packets
