db-9 hoods

I've yet to see D-shell connector hoods that care about pin count; they all just care about size, so a DB hood is a DB hood, regardless of whether it's a DB-25, a 13W3, or even something really esoteric like a DB-9. (I've never seen a DB-9, though I've seen a recent trend to try to apply the term to a DB-25 with only 9 pins installed, for some reason. Perhaps oddly, I've never seen the other logical consequences of that point of view, such as calling a DB-25 with only pins 2/3/7 installed a "DB-3"....) What you most likely want is a DE hood. Almost all of what is called "DB-9" is actually DE-9, misnamed by someone who doesn't understand the terminology. (Unfortunately, this includes far too many vendors. Sturgeon's Law applies.) As for grommets? I don't know of any designed for the purpose. But there is a very wide variety of grommets out there designed for sheet-metal use; it would not surprise me if one of them would serve your purpose. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B