13 Aug
2012
13 Aug
'12
10:35 p.m.
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Tothwolf wrote:
That said, AMP plugs have some benefits (such as the
double strain reliefs on
the 8P8C plugs) and there are tons of their connectors on the surplus market.
You can also be certain that when they say they have 50 microns of gold
plating over nickel, over phosphor bronze, that that's what you are really
getting. Some of the really cheap Chinese-made plugs on the other hand are
just gold flash over brass, and you can pick these out pretty easily when you
unplug a cable and find that the contacts have corroded green right through
the gold plating. This is why I'm so picky when it comes to using decent
quality modular plugs and contacts, even though to some people it might seem
as though I'm being a little _too_ picky ;)
Whoops, make that 50 micro inches of gold plating, not 50 microns. 50
micro inches is roughly 2 microns...