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From: Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk>
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Subject: Re: mountable power ports
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:17:19 +0100
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On 3/26/25 16:56, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Hi, my project box is a large tin cookie box. I need to bring in +15V,
> -15V, and GND lines from my external bipolar power supply. (I was
> thinking I would have a separate bolt for the chassis ground, which
> would go off to a big ground bus bar near my workbench.) For the three
> lines from the power supply, I am wondering what would be the best (but
> economical) choice for a power connector to mount into the side of the
> project box. Something that sounded appealing was the spring speaker
> terminal clips I see on Amazon, but the downside there is they only come
> in pairs of two or four, rather than three, and they are color coded
> red/black which does not quite make sense here. I am inclined to leave
> the wires on the power supply itself bare on the end, rather than
> attaching some specialty connector to those.
> 

there are million of different connectors, leaving the wires bare is 
just asking for getting the connections wrong ..