I have loads of DIN speaker plugs with screw-terminal connections for the
leads. However I find these are a pest because the connections come loose
over the years. So I tend to prefer to use plugs I can solder the leads
onto.

I'm just getting one of my old Armstrong 626s refurbished/tweaked, so want
to make up four din speaker plug to binding post adaptors. But I only have
a couple of solderable din speaker plugs - and these will be ones that I've
already used.

So far as I can tell, the screw-terminal ones are from CPC. I can't find a
solderable alternative there or when I look on the Maplin website. And I
stopped bothering with Maplin some years ago because they

A) never sent a new catalogue or even a reminder when one was out.

B) expect you to pay for their catalogue when CPC don't. And CPC cover far
more items.

So anyone know if Maplin do this, and the part number, etc? Failing that,
another source?

N.B. I don't use Ebay or Amazon. Prefer companies established in the UK I
can buy from via post, etc.

N.B. 2 I still have plenty of DIN signal plugs, leads, etc. No problems
there. :-)

Jim

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Jim Lesurf:
I have loads of DIN speaker plugs with screw-terminal connections for
the
leads. However I find these are a pest because the connections come
loose
over the years. So I tend to prefer to use plugs I can solder the
leads
onto.

I'm just getting one of my old Armstrong 626s refurbished/tweaked, so
want
to make up four din speaker plug to binding post adaptors. But I only
have
a couple of solderable din speaker plugs - and these will be ones that
I've
already used.

So far as I can tell, the screw-terminal ones are from CPC. I can't
find a
solderable alternative there or when I look on the Maplin website. And
I
stopped bothering with Maplin some years ago because they

A) never sent a new catalogue or even a reminder when one was out.

B) expect you to pay for their catalogue when CPC don't. And CPC cover
far
more items.

So anyone know if Maplin do this, and the part number, etc? Failing
that,
another source?

N.B. I don't use Ebay or Amazon. Prefer companies established in the
UK I
can buy from via post, etc.

N.B. 2 I still have plenty of DIN signal plugs, leads, etc. No
problems
there. :-)

Jim

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Rapid Electronics sell solderable right angle DIN speaker plugs.

www.rapidonline.com

Michael Kellett

On 23/07/2015 13:33, Jim Lesurf wrote:
I have loads of DIN speaker plugs with screw-terminal connections for the
leads. However I find these are a pest because the connections come loose
over the years. So I tend to prefer to use plugs I can solder the leads
onto.

I'm just getting one of my old Armstrong 626s refurbished/tweaked, so want
to make up four din speaker plug to binding post adaptors. But I only have
a couple of solderable din speaker plugs - and these will be ones that I've
already used.

So far as I can tell, the screw-terminal ones are from CPC. I can't find a
solderable alternative there or when I look on the Maplin website. And I
stopped bothering with Maplin some years ago because they

A) never sent a new catalogue or even a reminder when one was out.

B) expect you to pay for their catalogue when CPC don't. And CPC cover far
more items.

So anyone know if Maplin do this, and the part number, etc? Failing that,
another source?

N.B. I don't use Ebay or Amazon. Prefer companies established in the UK I
can buy from via post, etc.

N.B. 2 I still have plenty of DIN signal plugs, leads, etc. No problems
there. :-)

Jim

Maplin HH24B "Maplin DIN 2 Pin Plug"
claims to be a "DIN standard plug with solder connections"
Unfortunately one of the two photos shows a DIN 3-pin signal plug,
though the other shows a speaker plug.

Or if you want one ready made with a cable attached,
an IKEA JANSJÖ LED lamp uses a DIN speaker plug. :-)

--
Eiron.

In article , Eiron
wrote:
Maplin HH24B "Maplin DIN 2 Pin Plug" claims to be a "DIN standard plug
with solder connections" Unfortunately one of the two photos shows a DIN
3-pin signal plug, though the other shows a speaker plug.

I tried searching the Maplin site and the only examples I could find were
screw terminal. And my experience was that both the Maplin and CPC websites
can be a real PITA to find things on if you don't already know some magic
hidden description for what you want! Plus in both cases the descriptions
tend not to always tell you if it is screw or solder connection. So you end
up peering at small photos they tell you may not actually be of what you'd
get! :-/

I find the CPC printed catalogue easier to search, yet that is also a pest
as some things appear scatterred into more than one section. I did
*finally* find 4mm banana sockets with solder buckets, though. At least
these aren't as 'obsolete' as din speaker plugs!

Jim

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In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:
I have loads of DIN speaker plugs with screw-terminal connections for the
leads. However I find these are a pest because the connections come loose
over the years. So I tend to prefer to use plugs I can solder the leads
onto.

I'm just getting one of my old Armstrong 626s refurbished/tweaked, so
want to make up four din speaker plug to binding post adaptors. But I
only have a couple of solderable din speaker plugs - and these will be
ones that I've already used.

So far as I can tell, the screw-terminal ones are from CPC. I can't find
a solderable alternative there or when I look on the Maplin website. And
I stopped bothering with Maplin some years ago because they

A) never sent a new catalogue or even a reminder when one was out.

B) expect you to pay for their catalogue when CPC don't. And CPC cover
far more items.

So anyone know if Maplin do this, and the part number, etc? Failing
that, another source?

N.B. I don't use Ebay or Amazon. Prefer companies established in the UK
I can buy from via post, etc.

N.B. 2 I still have plenty of DIN signal plugs, leads, etc. No problems
there. :-)

Thing is that DIN speaker plugs have luckily died out - although most of
the others are still easily available.

And like it or not, Ebay is just the sort of place where someone with a
small stock of them remaining would sell them. Such small companies do
sometimes advise who they are too - so not necessarily some far east no
name.

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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

Thing is that DIN speaker plugs have luckily died out - although most of
the others are still easily available.

Alas, yes, nowdays they are a sign of 'vintage' (to put it politely) audio.
:-/

I've had lots of them in the past, but over the decades they have
evaporated or been used, damaged, etc.

And like it or not, Ebay is just the sort of place where someone with a
small stock of them remaining would sell them. Such small companies do
sometimes advise who they are too - so not necessarily some far east no
name.

Understood. However I confess I'm reluctant to sign up, sort out payment
methods, etc, when I would intend to never use it again. Easier to have a
situation where I know I've never had an Ebay account, etc, when I get any
dodgy emails related to them.

Guess that, plus wanting DIN plugs, shows how old fashioned I am. ;-

Jim

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On 2015-07-23 15:59:46 +0100, Jim Lesurf said:

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

Thing is that DIN speaker plugs have luckily died out - although most of
the others are still easily available.

Alas, yes, nowdays they are a sign of 'vintage' (to put it politely) audio.
:-/

I've had lots of them in the past, but over the decades they have
evaporated or been used, damaged, etc.

And like it or not, Ebay is just the sort of place where someone with a
small stock of them remaining would sell them. Such small companies do
sometimes advise who they are too - so not necessarily some far east no
name.

Understood. However I confess I'm reluctant to sign up, sort out payment
methods, etc, when I would intend to never use it again. Easier to have a
situation where I know I've never had an Ebay account, etc, when I get any
dodgy emails related to them.

Guess that, plus wanting DIN plugs, shows how old fashioned I am. ;-

Jim

Can't you just take out the screws and solder the wires into the screw
holes with old fashioned tin/lead solder?

Arthur
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In article , Arthur Quinn
wrote:

Can't you just take out the screws and solder the wires into the screw
holes with old fashioned tin/lead solder?

I have tried that. But find that the materials tend to make it awkward.
There is a tendency for the metal not 'wet' or 'tin'. And since they
weren't designed for soldering I find the plastic tends to deform unless I
can solder *very* quickly and easily... which the difficulty tinning tends
to make hard. Alas, my soldering ability (and eyesight) aren't that good
these days. Age and lack of practice.

It is something I can do if necessary, but tends to end up with my using up
a lot of plugs and bad language. :-)

I do still have and use ye olde leddie solder, though.

Jim

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In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:
Can't you just take out the screws and solder the wires into the screw
holes with old fashioned tin/lead solder?

I have tried that. But find that the materials tend to make it awkward.
There is a tendency for the metal not 'wet' or 'tin'. And since they
weren't designed for soldering I find the plastic tends to deform unless
I can solder *very* quickly and easily... which the difficulty tinning
tends to make hard. Alas, my soldering ability (and eyesight) aren't
that good these days. Age and lack of practice.

Pins with screw terminals seem to have a different sort of plating to
those designed to be soldered. So I generally file it off before
soldering.

Prime example being some IEC mains connectors. Which are almost impossible
to use the screw connectors on with bare flex. And not enough room for
crimped on terminals.

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