Mount them on their side so they fit inside a little enclosure.
Is this a quiz? Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what you're talking about, but it doesn't making me any happier seeing ~3mm of exposed live pins, even at 230V!Does not appear to be an issue with some very expensive electrical equipment, usually installed on open shelves in people's living rooms at an easily accessible height, where the pins exposed are carrying voltages considerably higher than 230....but it's then still possible to withdraw the relay to the extent that it's pins are still mating with the socket, but exposed.
Round is always easier - but, in metal you can also have easy square/ rectangular (Chassis punches don't only come in round!)Pretty neat, yes. Round would be easier and neater. Do it in metal and you can use a chassis punch.
Maybe, but it's much harder and more brittle than most polycarbonates I've come across (and isn't polycarbonate a thermoplastic?). I've dealt with all manner of materials in my time, but I think this one is approaching the least user-friendly!Some kind of polycarbonate, I think. Brittle. Does have the advantage of being rigid though - ABS would be easier to work, but that flexes.
Thanks; I'll have a look around.Regarding pvc blanks for the future
Marshall tufflex do a flat one about 1mm thick im pretty sure, bit crappy though.
But if you want the flange types the cheaper makes like you find in hardware shops, maybe deta or bg i think may do them.
Used to use them in pubs for mounting din sockets
Indeed - and that's precisely what I most recently did - but it's not quite as straightforward as one might think....Mount them on their side so they fit inside a little enclosure.
One of many:Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what you're talking about,
True, but aren't they a lot more expensive?in metal you can also have easy square/ rectangular (Chassis punches don't only come in round!)
You're right - thinking about it, that was b****cks.Maybe, but it's much harder and more brittle than most polycarbonates I've come across
Try thin sheets of stainless steel.I've dealt with all manner of materials in my time, but I think this one is approaching the least user-friendly!
You spoil those kids...This is an enclosure in one of my lad's bedrooms.
Ah yes - and it certainly does have the same 'partially withdrawn pins' hazard as I was referring to. At least (unlike some of the relics in the dusty corners of my cellar), the valves (I refuse to call them tubes!) don't have exposed anode terminals on the top with a few hundred volts connected to themOne of many:Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what you're talking about,
Quite probably, I wouldn't know. The chassis cutters (both round and square) I still use today were bought in the 60s and 70s, and are still going strong!True, but aren't they a lot more expensive?in metal you can also have easy square/ rectangular (Chassis punches don't only come in round!)
I think that's right, but I'm far too polite to have said so ... so what is this moulded stuff - anyone?You're right - thinking about it, that was b****cks.Maybe, but it's much harder and more brittle than most polycarbonates I've come across
I've done a fair bit with SS in my time, and think I would prefer it to this wretched off-white whatever-it-is any day!Try thin sheets of stainless steel.I've dealt with all manner of materials in my time, but I think this one is approaching the least user-friendly!
At least (unlike some of the relics in the dusty corners of my cellar), the valves (I refuse to call them tubes!) don't have exposed anode terminals on the top with a few hundred volts connected to them
Indeed - and this top cap, very familiar in the 60s, ain't no grid ...Famous Last Words #248: "Of course the top cap is the grid!"At least (unlike some of the relics in the dusty corners of my cellar), the valves (I refuse to call them tubes!) don't have exposed anode terminals on the top with a few hundred volts connected to them
Indeed so; my daughters tell me that it's'cool', and seem to think that their generation have invented thermionic valves as a successor to semiconductors!!Funny how the modern revival has designers wanting to leave the valves completely exposed, and much more vulnerable to being damaged.
I agree.But on the subject at hand, if the relays need to "look pretty" through being located at some conspicuous point in the house, I would certainly go with just using an enclosure which is large enough to contain them completely.
Yep - or, per first piccie a pair of 807's in push-pull.Oh nostalgia! In my day the epitome was a pair of 813’s in push pull...
I should have said try cutting thin sheets of SS by hand...I've done a fair bit with SS in my time, and think I would prefer it to this wretched off-white whatever-it-is any day!Try thin sheets of stainless steel.
Yep - or, per first piccie a pair of 807's in push-pull.Oh nostalgia! In my day the epitome was a pair of 813’s in push pull...
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