>Doing it either way will grip the IC pins, but doing it their way means
>the contact is on one side only and the holding pressure is from a
>spring.  Treating handle-down as closed means both-sides contact, with
>the force of pushing the handle down applying the holding pressure.

I have an original counterfeit zif socket (no logo) where you can put the
chip in when it's either open or closed ;-) If you put it in where it's
closed and open it then it catches the ic pins from one side with a metal
contact against each plastic well wall. If you put it in when it's open
and close it then it catches the pins between two metal leafs. I guess
it's a close/close socket where you can't go wrong ;-) Maybe the
instructions should say 'do not leave the lever in the middle, anything
else is ok'.

Peter

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