Re: gEDA-user: Contact reliability

[Igor Izyumin <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karel Kulhavy wrote:

> Currently, Ronja is using wire nuts. We haven't yet noticed a failure tracked
> down to a wire nut and they are mechanically rugged. Also they seem to perform
> fairly well up to say 300MHz (when the incoming and outgoing cables are
> impedance-matched coaxials) according to edge observations on oscilloscope.
>  
Technically, these aren't wire nuts, they are terminal strips.  Wire 
nuts are used (at least in the USA) as a sloppy (but code-compliant) way 
to connect power wires together (you twist the cables together and screw 
on the wire nut).  Here's a picture of some: 
http://www.dansmc.com/wire_nuts.jpg

What's wrong with high-quality gold-plated BNC connectors?  If it won't 
be exposed to weather, they will work very well.
-- Igor