Mark Willis wrote: > Motivates me to put everything in connectorized modules, it's hard to > plug the Red DB-25M into a Green DB-09F socket! I still can't figure out what these "DB-09F" and similar fittings are that people say they use! DB-25s I understand, and DE-9s and DE-15s and similar, but DB-09 must be an odd species indeed. Does this refer to a partially-populated shell with insertable crimp pins? Do you blank out the unused positions? You can certainly produce "coded" connectors, but they're not particularly goon-proof! > I wouldn't ask my Doctor to solder for me, he doesn't ask me to > diagnose medical problems for him, Well, not being *your* doctor, I suppose I couldn't object to that but otherwise I probably would! ;-) > same with "Joe" here, the world's a safer place if he doesn't > solder... > Different markets, different techniques! Consumer appliances are > different than industrial embedded stuff I don't follow. You reference to "acid-core" solder denotes a plumber. I should certainly not expect a *plumber* to be working on appliances (except I have seen one or two replace a heater element). An appliance serviceman or electrician however - have you *really* seen one using plumber's solder? That *is* more than a bit slanderous! -- Cheers, Paul B.