RS PRO Black Female Banana Socket, 4 mm Connector, Solder Termination, 50 V, Silver Plating

Looking to make your own test leads, then RS PRO has the perfect addition in the female banana connector. This socket connector is the ideal solution for making test leads to your specification. Upon inspection, the socket offers high-grade plastic insulation with a centre contact made from silver-plated brass with a solder termination method. It is suitable for panels up to 13.5 mm thickness and is designed to accommodate standard 4 mm insulated or non-insulated banana plugs.

There are many variations of banana plug connectors so it’s important to have a variety of cable leads of various lengths especially if you frequently use multi-meters, voltage meters, or oscilloscopes. The most cost-effective way is to make your own, that way you can set up your workstation or benchtop to be more productive. Banana Plugs are most often used to terminate patch cords for test equipment, audio leads and many other test and installation applications such as

Terminating the plug connector is very straight forward, the centre contact has an aperture for the cable wire to be soldered. Once soldered assemble all the plug elements back together now your test lead is ready for use.

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