ruffrecords
Well-known member
I bought a few 18way 510X connectors from RS (Cinch) in the UK. Then I bought 50 cheap ones from China via Ebay.
Today I got a 510X prototype PCB from Audio Maintenance. Plugging this PCB into the RS connector there is gentle but firm resistance and the same when extracting it.
I then tried plugging the PCB into a Chinese connector. It was much much stiffer. I had to push really hard to get it fully inserted and it was just as hard to withdraw. I tried several of them and they were all the same. Then I tried some more of the RS ones and they were nice and firm but relatively easy.
The Chinese ones look very much like the RS ones. The Chinese ones are blue and the RS ones are black but if it weren't for that I would find it hard to tell them apart.
So, the moral of this story is, buy your 510X connectors from reputable suppliers and not from Ebay.
Cheers
Ian
Today I got a 510X prototype PCB from Audio Maintenance. Plugging this PCB into the RS connector there is gentle but firm resistance and the same when extracting it.
I then tried plugging the PCB into a Chinese connector. It was much much stiffer. I had to push really hard to get it fully inserted and it was just as hard to withdraw. I tried several of them and they were all the same. Then I tried some more of the RS ones and they were nice and firm but relatively easy.
The Chinese ones look very much like the RS ones. The Chinese ones are blue and the RS ones are black but if it weren't for that I would find it hard to tell them apart.
So, the moral of this story is, buy your 510X connectors from reputable suppliers and not from Ebay.
Cheers
Ian