From: llc@fonz.dk   
      
   On 12/13/25 16:26, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:20:46 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 13/12/2025 11:32 am, Christopher Howard wrote:   
   >>> I started playing around with deadbug and found that it is convenient   
   >>> and not as difficult as I imagined. However, I am wondering what to do   
   >>> as far as connectors, i.e., if I have a few lines coming in from off the   
   >>> board, but I don't really want to clip them right onto the IC pins or   
   >>> component wires. Does somebody have any good ideas for me? Maybe is   
   >>> there some kind of terminal post out there that can be soldered onto the   
   >>> ground plane, without actually making an electrical connection to it?   
   >>> Or, maybe one that could be screwed into the copper (after drilling)   
   >>> without making an electrical connection to it? Or maybe something else   
   >>> involving quick connectors or other nice connectors. I'm basically   
   >>> wondering what kind of connectors I could mount on the copper sheet   
   >>> without having the connector conducting to the copper.   
   >>   
   >> There was a solution to your problem - and I used to be able to find it   
   >> on the Newark/Element-14 website - where you drilled a roughly 2mm OD   
   >> hole in your sheet, and plugged in a circular lump of teflon carrying a   
   >> solderable pin.   
   >>   
   >> It could stand off a couple of kV and was great for setting up   
   >> photomultiplier dynode chains.   
   >   
   >   
   > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJDGWRU   
   >   
      
   they also come in 2mm when you don't need or want such a large connector   
      
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