[Boatanchors] Banana Plug Question

[Al Klase]

I missed copying the list on this:

While nobody was watching, a whole family of banana-plug'ish connectors 
has sprung up to support high-current battery packs.


Bry,

I was almost ready to assure you that all normal banana jacks are 4mm 
(5/32") I.D. except for some rarely-seen really-small ones, about 2mm.

But I just stumbled onto this: 
https://www.rchelicopterfun.com/images/Bullet-Connector-Sizes-500pics.jpg

It shows 2, 3.5, 4, 5, 5.5, 6.5 and 8 mm jacks.  These are described a 
"bullet connectors."  However, don't see any 3.5mm units with plastic 
handles like real banana plugs on E-bay.

That said, I do sometimes find myself pulling out my Swiss Army knife to 
bend up the middle of the springs on 4 mm plugs to tighten things up.

73,
Al

On 8/25/2018 11:01 PM, Bry Carling wrote:
> In setting up an old Icom 745, I find that the banana plugs (new) that I bought on ePay are a VERY loose fit inot the binding post terminals on the back of my Jetstream 30 A power supply.
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> Does it sound like I got the wrong kind of banana plugs? These are cheapy red and black plastic plugs with gold plated hardware.
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> I never had any idea that there was more than one standard diameter for those springy pins.
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> Any insights will be appreciated!
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> Bry AF4K
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