[Amps] Chinese DIN connectors

[Jeff Blaine AC0C]

Vic,

That is a great idea.  I worked in a board-mount shop in college and we 
would put al clips on heat sensitive parts (including pins).  But this 
potato idea is great - especially for these small parts where it's just not 
practical to put the clips on - or the clip is too far removed to be of 
benefit.

Another method I use is to put the plug into a matching socket, and then 
solder on the wires.  That way, even if the pins melt the plastic around 
them, the socket tends to hold the part more or less inline.  And the socket 
tends to have metal as the mating surface which keeps the socket plastic 
from softening.  There' not heat sinking in this application though - so get 
on, get busy, and get off is the watch word.  Need to have a junkbox with 
sockets though.  Potato is universal - and you can eat it after you finish. 
:)

73/jeff/ac0c

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From: "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:26 PM
To: "Mike" <noddy1211 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <K1SG at AOL.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Chinese DIN connectors

> Mike wrote:
>> You might try plugging the them into a socket before you solder them, it
>> helps sink the heat away and keep them aligned.
>
> Somebody recently said that you could 'plug' them into a potato before 
> soldering. I tried
> this and it actually works.
> -- 
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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