Again, those are very big. The 2.8mm mounting hole isn't really consistent with 2.5 mm pitch boards __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 at 03:38, wrote: > Quoting David C Brown : > > > In order to mount a through hole resistor on a PCB whilst maintaining t= he > > ability to change it easily one uses a pin which is a tight fit in the > hole > > 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 th= e > > correct term to put into Google. > > What on earth are they called? > > > You can try "slotted solder terminals". For example: > > https://www.mill-max.com/assets/pdfs/243.pdf > > These are designed to be swaged/staked into a PCB so they won't come loos= e > when the solder at the bottom melts. > > The 3622 is press fit into a plated hole. > > Of course if the Chinese bother to make these they'd probably be 1/10 the > price. > > --spehro > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .