alan smith wrote: > What I need is the plug....in a pcb mount. The application is two boards > are plugging together....think like a smoke alarm setup, where the device > plugging into the other board needs the male plug to mate to the female > (where you can get them everywhere) recepticle. Cables are not an option > in this case. What sort of signal is it carrying? Are the two boards going to be coplanar (edge-to-edge) or stacked (face-to-face)? The reason you're having so much trouble is that RCA makes a really terrible board-to-board connector, because of the high friction and high forces involved, and poor tolerance for misalignment. It's really, really intended only for cable-to-chassis connections. Even PCB mount versions should have the mechanical forces transferred directly to the chassis via one or more screws. There's got to be a better (and probably cheaper) choice for your task. What's wrong with ordinary 2-pin male/female headers? -- Dave Tweed -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist