No.   Turret terminals or turret tags are not really intended for PCB
mounting.   They fit 1/8 inch holes on the tag  strips used in old valve
gear.


On Sat, 13 Oct 2018, 12:24 Mark Scoville, <mscoville@unicontrolinc.com>
wrote:

> Try "Turret Terminals"... the ones with the forked top may have a more
> specialized name - but this should get you going. Sources probably Cambio=
n,
> Keystone, Mill-Max.
>
> Hope this helps you out
>
> -- Mark
>
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> David C Brown
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> Subject: [EE] What are they called
>
> In order to mount a through hole resistor on a PCB whilst maintaining the
> ability to change it easily one uses a pin which is a tight fit in the ho=
le
> and which is forked at the top for the resistor.
> lead.
> I am failing .to source some of these, probably because I don't know the
> correct term to put into Google.
> What on earth are they called?
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