Thanks for the pointers-

I guess they're turret terminals. The ones I see on Mouser and on
the Keystone site are not as tall as these, but one is close.

I tried to grab some quick (rough) dimensions-

Inner Diameter- 1.2mm
Outer Diameter- 2.2mm
Base Diameter- 3.2mm

height (above board) 9.5mm (.37 in)

The ones I've found are skinnier than mine too. They probably don't
need replacing- it's just that they got heated up good to remove the
solder and now the plating looks funky. As long as they serve their
purpose...

Here are some snapshots just for reference:

http://home.sc.rr.com/kstillin/turret/turret1.JPG
http://home.sc.rr.com/kstillin/turret/turret2.JPG
http://home.sc.rr.com/kstillin/turret/turret3.JPG

One of them shows a thermistor installed.


Thanks again-
Kerry

DaveM wrote:
"KAOS" wrote in message
ups.com...
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.

--
Dave M