Dimensions of the RCA holes?

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Offline Strikkflypilot

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on: June 21, 2014, 11:45:23 AM
Hi.
Was wandering if anyone knows how big the diameter of the two holes for
the RCA connectors is.
Just didnt want to desolder anything to find out.

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Reply #1 on: June 22, 2014, 12:33:43 PM
3/8".

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Reply #2 on: June 22, 2014, 08:37:52 PM
Thanks. Will put some Vampires in there, saw some in that dimension.

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Reply #3 on: June 23, 2014, 03:02:31 AM
Ahh good old imperial measurements. Explains why my collection of RCA jacks didnt fit the S.E.X. amp at first, they were all 10mm vs the 9.5ish hole from ye olde measurement system :P

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Reply #4 on: June 23, 2014, 04:07:45 AM
Yeah, those imperialist Brits stuck us with it when we were a colony. Then they had the gall to abandon us and switch to the metric system.

I was in college during the lame attempt to switch the US over to the metric system. I think the government's position in the end was that Americans were just too stupid to switch. So now we all have two sets of wrenches in our tool chests.

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Reply #5 on: June 23, 2014, 04:29:23 AM
We keep two sets of wrenches too for working on old English cars/bikes. Usually a sign that your going to have a bad day rounding off bolts, snapping studs, skinning knuckles, and swearing like a sailor.

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Reply #6 on: June 24, 2014, 02:55:10 AM
I even got to buy a tapping set.
Its not easy to find UNC or UNF nuts in Norway, so I made some myself with cutting out pieces from an IKEA lid and tapping them:)

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Reply #7 on: June 24, 2014, 03:48:57 AM
I'm more impressed that you had the tap.


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Reply #8 on: June 24, 2014, 04:49:24 AM
I remember having a discussion with management at a shipyard in Ft Lauderdale up the New River about hauling out a motor yacht the docking plan was in metric and they point blank refused to do the conversion for setting out the blocks for the syncrolift to lift the boat on, quiet happy to charge thousands for the service as well. I ended up doing it for them as it was the only way they would agree to lift the boat at 24 feet wide it only just squeezed in the lift with 6 inches to spare each side.




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Reply #9 on: June 24, 2014, 05:43:19 AM
Quote from: JamieMcC on June 24, 2014, 04:49:24 AM
I ended up doing it for them as it was the only way they would agree to lift the boat at 24 feet 7.3 meters wide it only just squeezed in the lift with 6 inches 15.2cm to spare each side.

There fixed it for you :P

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