Trimmer Capacitor lead size

daviddoria

New Member

• Jan 25, 2003

• #1

so i bought 10 6-70pF trim caps, but now that I am trying to use one... i see that the leads wont fit through the wholes on my protoboard. How are you supposed to use/attach these if the leads are so big??

david

 

Phasor

Member

• Jan 25, 2003

• #2

Try drilling the holes out to 1.5-2.0mm

 

daviddoria

New Member

• Jan 25, 2003

• #3

wont that damage the pads? i guess i could just solder them to their neighbor components and not the board... is this bad practice?

david

 

kinjalgp

Active Member

• Jan 25, 2003

• #4

For prototyping this is not at all a bad practice. I do it many times.

 

bogdanfirst

New Member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #5

well i built the simple circuits just by soldernig the components together. but for the capacitorm considering its value, i think you should try connecting it with wires as short as possible and insulated,