------Question for CT3104-0 Please Put your question below------
Does this receptacle contain a spring contact, suitable for receiving a 2mm meter probe, or does it expect the plug to provide spring force, analogous to banana plugs? Side question: Why is the datasheet completely uninformative?
While I’m at it, I guess I should request the dimensions.of this jack.
here is link to manufacturer product drawing (click here)
Thanks Justen!
So from looking at the drawing, it appears that these receptacles do NOT have a spring contact.
It doesn’t look like there is, but the manufacturer does specify a material type for the spring, so I think the jack does have spring contacts: Cal Test Model CT3104-0
“Body & spring: Brass, Ni coated”
They’re just difficult to see in the drawing because it doesn’t provide an exploded diagram of the connector’s pieces.
Thanks @chris_groom for chiming in.
The only possibly-mating plug I could find from Cal Test with 2mm diameter is CT3098-0 or 2, and these have a spring as shown in the product photo. So I take that as a strong suggestion that the CT3104 does not have a spring.
I discount the fact that the description for CT3104 mentions a material for a spring, because Cal Test’s literature seems to be very vague and seemingly unaware of what a purchaser actually wants to know. For what it’s worth, the CT3098 “datasheet” clearly shows springs in the photo, but does not mention that in the Material description. “Contact Material - Brass, Ni Coated”.
