Ex equipment “pulls” … clean and reuseable but then again …
I am a little bemused by these connectors, most of them (see details below about why I say ‘most’) have the SWITCHCRAFT logo impressed into the front and the correct part coding BUT unlike most other SWITCHCRAFT connectors that have passed through my hands over the years, these are completely plastic, not metal at all. Checking at the Switchcraft website sheds no light on this, they should be metal from all the research I have undertaken … so I treat the “genuineness” of these ‘Switchcraft’ connectors with some suspicion.
SWITCHCRAFT (?)- XLR Connector
Country of origin is Korea
The front face has the Switchcraft logo in one corner and the part coding SWC-FE, with the rear of the connector marked as KOREA – all of these markings are impressed into the body.
Type: 3 pin chassis mounting sockets
Male (more detail below) ***
*** Use the selection boxes on this page to choose the connector orientation. One connector is “turned” through 90 degrees and has different markings on it
PCB pins, Right Angle to the PCB
Two mounting holes on the socket face
The sockets definitely have Silver plated contact areas which extend out the rear to the PCB. Black oxide cames off the metal surface while “cleaning” these up.
Matt Black plastic body
Unlike other plastic XLR’s I have come across lately, the underside of the mounting holes have NO bushing, just a flush mount to the chassis or panel.
THE ODD ONE OUT …
Just to confuse the situation a little more, ONE connector has been manufactured with a 90 degree change in orientation and it has different impressions on it.
The impressions on this one ‘orphan’ connector are … on the face of the connector, M t. in one corner and diagonally is a Diamond Shape. The rear has the word KOREA faintly stamped into the plastic.
Almost physically identical to the other connectors but this one has a small bush on the underside of the front face mounting holes, 5mm OD x 5mm length – this bushing will need to be taken into account when mounting the socket.
DIMENSIONS (Front flange):
26.5mm Wide x 32.1mm Height
2x 2.5mm ID mounting holes at diagonal corners
MALE ONLY: Rear barrel 18.70mm OD
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED Equipment ‘pulls’
Clean
The 3x 1.6mm OD PCB pins at the rear are clean and free of “dags”
The contact areas inside the sockets have had a ‘clean up’ and appear nice, shiny and clean now.
Each socket has now been packed into individual sealed clear plastic packets