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From: john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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Subject: Re: mountable power ports
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:33:50 -0700
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:05:00 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

>john larkin <jlArbor.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:44:27 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
>> (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
>> 
>> >john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:53:59 -0700, Don Y
>> >> <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >On 3/27/2025 8:36 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>> >> >> Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> wrote:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>> liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) writes:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Screw pillars with 4mm banana sockets in the centre.  Available in
>> >> >>>> a wide range of colours, rated to 500v and 10 amps.  Easy to fit,
>> >> >>>> easy to plug-up and easy to see what you are doing so you don't
>> >> >>>> make silly (and expensive) mistakes.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We are just talking about something simple like this, right?:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>https://www.amazon.com/40Pcs-Durable-Panel-Mount-Adapter/dp/B0DPWQQ5
>> >> >>>3Z/
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> They would be perfectly satisfactory if you were happy just using
>> >> >> plugs. If you wanted the option of using bare wire ends, you could
>> >> >> try:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/FULARR-Premium-Binding-Terminal-Connector/dp/
>> >> >> B07Z P83FB9/145-4921351-4020543
>> >> >
>> >> >If you choose to use a binding post, consider their spacing; first,
>> >> >you want to be sure you can get your fingers around them to
>> >> >tighten/loosen them comfortably.  And, if they support banana plugs,
>> >> >consider spacing them to support "dual" plug assemblies:
>> >> >
>> >> ><https://www.amazon.com/CESS-2-Way-Speaker-Banana-Connectors/dp/B01E7X
>> >> >UKG4>
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> It's one of the physical constants of this universe that banana jacks
>> >> are always 0.75" apart.
>> >
>> >...except in pre-war Netherlands, where they were 1-inch apart.
>> 
>> Surely you mean one meter.
>
>No; meters were very expensive in those days, most people didn't own
>one.    :-)
>
>
>> But which war?
>
>1939 - 1945.

Past my time, although my dad fought (or actually typed) in the
Pacific in that war.

I was in the US navy for a week once, and was drafted for the Viet Nam
war, but never actually served.