I need a 2.5mm DC female socket with a breaking contact. I found this one here: **broken link removed** but it's 2.1mm. Then I found this one here: **broken link removed** which has three terminals and looks like a breaking female socket. However it's described as a male socket.
1) Have they made a typo here and is this actually female? (I hope so...)
2) Would it be a breaking socket?
I'm not so sure guys, as I see the picture it appears to me that it could very well be a male PCB connector. That's rather strange to have the male mounted to a PCB, but who knows? Anyway the picture to me looks like that could be a male pin, it's not the best drawing in the world.
I would call first and try and get conformation, otherwise it's not a good practice to order something assuming the vendor's description is in error.
Hmm, I suppose that could be the case too, though a male chassis mount connector seems pretty odd. I suppose you're right, lefty, I should call them up.
These hermaphrodite "DC barrel connectors" can be confusing because of the pin in the middle of the "socket". Other suppliers, such as digikey, also list them as "male". I guess it depends on your point of view: Digi-Key - SC1048-ND (Switchcraft Inc. - 712A)
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These hermaphrodite "DC barrel connectors" can be confusing because of the pin in the middle of the "socket". Other suppliers, such as digikey, also list them as "male". I guess it depends on your point of view:
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That looks like a male to me. The male connector is more often an board/panel mount part while the female is more often a cable mount. I also see no reason to believe that it is a breaking type. It does have 3 pins on it, but its possible that the third pin is only for stability. I would guess that it is a breaking type, but I wouldn't bet on it.
I guess it does depend on your point of view. I would call what Noggin's labelled female a male plug and would call what Noggin's labelled male female.
In reference to Noggin again:
"its possible that the third pin is only for stability"
I guess it does depend on your point of view. I would call what Noggin's labelled female a male plug and would call what Noggin's labelled male female.
I'm just going by what Digi-Key calls male and female. I was taught as a rule of thumb to go by the center most pin of the part, not by the "bulk" of the part. Consider a DB-9 connector. The female part is the bulkier part, but it has lots of little holes in it for the male pins to be inserted. This is roughly the same thing.
But this is one example of why its better to go by technical data and drawings instead of how people describe it.