Banana Jacks

[Chris W]

I am trying to find a Banana Jack to "mount", for lack of a better word,
on the end of a wire. All the banana jacks I can find at Mouser or
DigiKey are all designed for panel mounting. Does anyone know where I
can get one that will mount to the end of a wire, with a 10 to 15 amp
rating, and insulated so there won't be any shorts? Also if it was a
dual jack that would be great too

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[John Fields]

I am trying to find a Banana Jack to "mount", for lack of a better word,
on the end of a wire. All the banana jacks I can find at Mouser or
DigiKey are all designed for panel mounting. Does anyone know where I
can get one that will mount to the end of a wire, with a 10 to 15 amp
rating, and insulated so there won't be any shorts? Also if it was a
dual jack that would be great too

 

[Bob Masta]

I am trying to find a Banana Jack to "mount", for lack of a better word,
on the end of a wire. All the banana jacks I can find at Mouser or
DigiKey are all designed for panel mounting. Does anyone know where I
can get one that will mount to the end of a wire, with a 10 to 15 amp
rating, and insulated so there won't be any shorts? Also if it was a
dual jack that would be great too

The dual banana jacks and plugs used to be known
as Pomona connectors, after the manufacturer.

Hope this helps!


Bob Masta
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[quietguy]

I had the same problem - couldn't find any so used panel mounts with heat
shrink on the panel end - looks crappy but does the job

David

 

[Rich Grise]

I did, and this was the blurb on hit #5:
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Banana Jacks

Google for "inline banana jack" with the quotes. -- John Fields
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;-)

I'm kind of surprised that something like that didn't come up,
but then again, when they were invented, they were for patch
cords or something, weren't they?

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Fred Abse]

I did, and this was the blurb on hit #5:
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Banana Jacks

Google for "inline banana jack" with the quotes. -- John Fields
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ROTFLMAO!

They're known in some parts (Europe?) as "4mm jacks" or "4mm sockets"

 

[Bob Masta]

I am trying to find a Banana Jack to "mount", for lack of a better word,
on the end of a wire. All the banana jacks I can find at Mouser or
DigiKey are all designed for panel mounting. Does anyone know where I
can get one that will mount to the end of a wire, with a 10 to 15 amp
rating, and insulated so there won't be any shorts? Also if it was a
dual jack that would be great too

If this must look professional and cost is no object;
you might consider a "BNC to double binding post - dual banana"
adaptor (Jameco 125233CH @ $4.95 with female BNC)
and use a standard BNC cable end to connect to it.
Rated at 500V, but no current rating given... 10-15 amp
seems a bit excessive for BNC connectors, though.

Back in the "good old days" equipment had lots of dual-banana
connectors, especially 600-ohm audio stuff. The dual-female
connectors like you seek were available, but not common.
The BNC adaptors were expensive, so there were never a
lot available either. The 0.5-assed approach was to use a
standard "stacking" dual banana, which had male plugs
and female receptacles on the same connector. The real
intended use of these was to connect several lines to one
set of output panel binding posts. But you could connect
2 of these in-line, if you could deal with the exposed
bananas dangling in space... for a quick test, we often used
"creative cable draping"; for a longer (but still kludgey) setup
there was always electrical tape around the bananas.

Of course, all this was to avoid the hassle of doing the
job properly and making a longer cable!

Best regards,


Bob Masta
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[David Harmon]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:47:13 -0500 in sci.electronics.basics, Chris

I am trying to find a Banana Jack to "mount", for lack of a better word,
on the end of a wire.

Get 3/16" brass tubing from the hobby shop. Take a plug with you to
make sure it fits. Cut about an inch long. Solder or even crimp
the wire at one end. Cover all with heat shrink tubing. Trim the
heat shrink, letting it extend over the end by just a hair.