Thanks, George. The ones I am going to use are 3.81mm. Same type of connector
but different brand. Appreciate your response.
Stan
> On Jan 1, 2020, at 9:24 PM, George Skoubis <geo.skoubis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Stan,
>
> Try the following from Mouser electronics. They have 10 contacts per plug /
> socket. They are made to be soldered to a circuit board.
>
> If this reflector allowing posting pictures I would attach...
>
> 523-ELFH10250
>
> 523-ELFP10210
>
> I used these this summer when I put together a YCCC MOAS II relay controller
> for my 2X8 antenna switch.
>
> 73 de George / W7GES
>
>> On Jan 1, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to my request. The green
>> colored "Phoenix type" pluggable terminal blocks like the ones used on
>> Green Heron bases and other products are what I would like to use. A circuit
>> board with all the appropriate parallel connections is probably the best of
>> all options I've heard. Otherwise I'll probably just end up with a better
>> hidden rats nest than what I have now.
>>
>> Thank you all and Happy New Year.
>>
>> Stan, K5GO
>>
>>>> On Jan 1, 2020, at 1:59 PM, jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 1/1/20 8:43 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
>>>> I am looking for ideas on something off the shelf or easy to make that
>>>> would allow you to parallel multiple sets of up to eight wires using
>>>> plug in connectors. Currently I am using a couple of Green Heron
>>>> bases to simultaneously switch three 2x6 position coax switches.
>>>> Everything works but is a little messy with 12 sets of four wires
>>>> twisted and taped together.
>>>
>>> Do you want something like stacking banana plugs? You can get them in ones
>>> and twos, I don't recall seeing more. However, you can fabricate (an evil
>>> word, sometimes) a bracket or something to hold multiple sets in alignment.
>>> Thinking of standard dual banana plugs, you could put a screw through the
>>> middle of the web between the plugs into a strip along side however many
>>> you wanted, which would hold them in a constant orientation. A piece of
>>> plastic bar, with some notches machined every 3/4" would be perfect. A 3d
>>> printer could make a very nice little fixture to hold them, and then it's a
>>> matter of epoxy.
>>>
>>> Then just have a row of banana jacks in a panel that connects to your
>>> barrier strip.
>>>
>>> You could also arrange banana plugs in some other pattern (square, circle,
>>> etc.).
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.adafruit.com/product/3694 are the ones where you just stick the
>>> wire in, crank the screw down, and you're done. A little dab of thread
>>> locker on the screw might be useful.
>>>
>>>
>>> The other thing is to use something like 1/4" tab connectors, which are
>>> available in multi tab versions, some which are designed for barrier strip
>>> mounting. I'm not wild about these because each mate/demate is individual.
>>>
>>>
>>> There are some nice multi tier screw clamp terminal strips (you've seen
>>> them, they're green, usually), and they make a plug/socket version.
>>>
>>> this kind of thing:
>>> https://www.phoenixcontact.com/online/portal/us?uri=pxc-oc-itemdetail:pid=1757048&library=usen&pdfmode=direct&pdflanguage=en
>>>
>>>
>>> There might be a stackable version.
>>>
>>>
>>>> It would be great to have a box that had about six sets of eight
>>>> receptacles for the same type of terminal block connector as provided
>>>> by Green Heron that could be somehow be configured for what you
>>>> needed.
>>>> Other than an old style terminal strip with screwed down terminals
>>>> does anyone have any ideas on how to improve on having a bunch of
>>>> wires twisted or soldered together and taped up?
>>>> Thanks...Stan, K5GO/ZF9CW
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