On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:06:54 PM Ed Nisley did opine: > On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 16:15 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > But it has banana sockets, so it'll do me. > > Murphy also has his way with them, particularly nowadays: > > http://softsolder.com/2012/02/08/power-supply-banana-jack-misfit/ > > Grumble...
Grumble Ed? I'd be questioning their breeding practices. Bananna jacks were supposedly a standard sized (2 sizes actually, there is a 50 amp rated size too) item before I was born, probably by 30 or more years. So was the 3/4" spacing, standardized somewhat later I believe by General Radio for locations that didn't need their sexless coaxial connector. That was a most ingenious design, and should have been more popular unless GR wasn't licensing the patent for a RAND fee. With GR's legendary attitude about such things I expect they wanted a nice fat per unit royalty. I think the only other test gear maker using it was Empire Devices, who eventually disappeared into the gaping maw of of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. This 'close enough for the girls I go with' attitude by offshore makers has been a PIMA for me for 60 years. You were lucky with that power supply. With my luck, the drill would have hung, the post would have spun in the panel, and things would have gotten very frustrated very quickly. The lack of a side hole, would have me checking the Pomona catalog for a suitable replacement anyway. I doubt if a suitable hole could be drilled in the existing one without its removal from the panel, and the use of one of my carbide pcb drills in the mill, with the post held in a vice. Any other method and you would become acquainted with the difficulty of drilling a small hole in a small round object. The normal drill walks off center. Now that is a grumble and my wife leaves because she has seen what comes next. ;) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> American by birth; Texan by the grace of God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
