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From: piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: bus bar thing
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:08 -0000 (UTC)
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john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
> Sometimes I can't find the right set of words to google what I'm
> looking for (or to find it on Amazon)
> 
> I'm designing a relay module, with some number of independent SPST
> power relays, and I thought it would be convenient for the customers,
> if any, to be able to buss one side of some of the relays sometimes.
> But without soldering.
> 
> If we had a row of holes on the board, one could bolt down strips of
> buss bar as needed. So I want to buy a flat metal strip with evenly
> spaced holes. A customer could, say, snip off a bit with 5 holes and
> bolt it down with 5 tiny screws to cluster 5 channels.
> 
> Searching for  buss bar  gets thousands of silly hits.
> 
> I recall companies that made this sort of thing, electronic pcb bus
> bars, standard and custom. Does anyone know of any?
> 
> Back in the DIP ics and double-sided board days, we'd sometimes use
> soldered-down bus bars for power and ground distribution.Maybe some
> people still do.
> 
> 
> 

Tapped strip?


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piglet