Where to buy 3.5mm & RCA female connectors

  • Thread starter Thread starter Wetmelon
  • Start date Start date
AI Thread Summary
The discussion focuses on sourcing bare 3.5mm and RCA female connectors for a custom switch box project. The user seeks connectors without bulky stress relief features, as they will be used in a Radioshack project box. Recommendations include searching on Alibaba for a variety of options, although caution is advised regarding the stability of completely bare jacks. The need for connectors that allow for secure mounting is emphasized, as bare jacks may lack physical stability when in use. Overall, the conversation highlights the challenges of finding specific audio connectors for DIY projects.
Wetmelon
Messages
154
Reaction score
1
NOTE: Originally posted on Tom's Hardware Forums. Double-posted here for better exposure.

I'm designing a little switch box to wire up a PS3's RCA cables into a 5.1 system that uses 3 3.5mm stereo inputs from my PC, but I'm having a hard time finding naked female connectors (i.e. Just the metal jack) - all the ones I can find have huge rubber or plastic things with stress relief. These are just going into a Radioshack project box, so I don't want that stuff.

I don't know enough about the different types to find what I'm looking for on Digikey, but if someone can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.

Need:

6x 3.5mm stereo female "bare"
2x RCA female "bare"
 
Engineering news on Phys.org
alibaba.com has hundreds of 3.5 mm jacks, and RCA jacks also.

You'll have to look through them to find one that meets your needs.

A completely bare jack has nothing to attach to for physical mounting. When you push the male part in, what prevents the female jack from moving?
 

Thread '3-terminal device external modeling'

Very basic question. Consider a 3-terminal device with terminals say A,B,C. Kirchhoff Current Law (KCL) and Kirchhoff Voltage Law (KVL) establish two relationships between the 3 currents entering the terminals and the 3 terminal's voltage pairs respectively. So we have 2 equations in 6 unknowns. To proceed further we need two more (independent) equations in order to solve the circuit the 3-terminal device is connected to (basically one treats such a device as an unbalanced two-port...
View full post »

Thread 'Question about the voltage between two charged capacitors'

suppose you have two capacitors with a 0.1 Farad value and 12 VDC rating. label these as A and B. label the terminals of each as 1 and 2. you also have a voltmeter with a 40 volt linear range for DC. you also have a 9 volt DC power supply fed by mains. you charge each capacitor to 9 volts with terminal 1 being - (negative) and terminal 2 being + (positive). you connect the voltmeter to terminal A2 and to terminal B1. does it read any voltage? can - of one capacitor discharge + of the...
View full post »

Similar threads

Wiring a 6 channel audio with a 2 channel RCA
Replies
1
Views
4K
RadioInstigator: Building a SIGINT
Replies
5
Views
4K
Buy Dual Pair Audio Wire for RCA Connectors
Replies
12
Views
4K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top