"KAOS" wrote in message
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Hey-

I'm looking for some of these posts that you find cement power
resistors mounted to on PCBs.

They're little hollow posts that are inserted through the bottom of
the PCB that allow the leads of the power resistor to feed through and
solder to the bottom. I assume they're designed to sink a little heat
and allow the resistor to be mounted sturdily above the board level.

Anyway, I (always) have trouble heating them up and removing all the
solder to install new resistors.

Anyone know what these are called, so I can poke around on mouser or
elsewhere for replacements?

Thanks for any assistance-

Kerry


They are called Turret Terminals. Several companies make them, but you can poke
around Mouser's current catalog on page 1541. Keystone makes them, even sells a
cheap staking kit for installing them to a board.

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