Where can I find an adaptor for "banana" plugs

[Martin-Devon]

I've just bought a Gerd Neumann light box, from Germany, for taking flats with my astro-imaging work. It came with banana plugs which are commonly used in Germany, you'll see in the photo below that the banana plugs have a raised edge on one side of the plug to presumably slide into a special type of connector with a hole & small slot above it.

I'm looking to convert these banana plugs into either a cigarette style adaptor end, or alternatively an adaptor that is compatible with a standard main --> 12V transformer that is used on a lot of scopes for power supply, which I think has a regular 2.1mm tip. I popped into Maplin's this morning and talked to their techy guy but he said they had nothing and all he could suggest was cutting off the banana plugs are re-wiring/soldering into a cigarette adaptor. I'd prefer not to do this though if possible - hence my query whether there is an adaptor you can buy that will convert banana plugs into something like what I mention above.

Any advice/help here would be appreciated, thanks,

Martin

[The Sailor]

Are these any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-1mm-Jack-Socket-Power-Plugs-RG59-2-CCTV-Cable-12v-DC-SCREW-TERMINALS-/190722271505?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c67eee911

I use them a lot, if I have a problem like you have I just cut the orignal plug/socket off and replace.

Jim

[pete_l]

I don't know of anyone who makes what you are looking for. However if you're feeling a bit "handy" it would be a couple of hours work to make your own.

These "banana" plugs are a standard 4mm size and are designed to connect to readily available (even Maplin stock them) sockets, like these. What I'd suggest is getting a couple of sockets (red and black), a small plastic enclosure a couple of inches on a side and a car cigarette plug+wire.

You could take out a second mortgage or cash in your pension and buy the parts from Maplin, or you could go mail-order to somewhere like Bitsbox and save money - even with P&P added in.

Tip, if you want to stop accidents, add a diode rated at a few Amps into the "red" lead of your banana plug. That will prevent damage if the plugs are inserted into the wrong sockets.

[Jessun]

Take the opportunity to move away from 12V car sockets for good ...

[Leebert]

Luckily, they are fairly common in the radio control modelling world...

http://www.revmod.co.uk/Adapter-Plug-12v-Car-4mm-O-FS-CAR4.html

[Martin-Devon]

Thank you Lee - that is exactly what I'm after. Coincidentally one of my friends at the NLO also drew my attention to the same adaptor this weekend - I'm ordering one right now!

[Davey-T]

Take the opportunity to move away from 12V car sockets for good ...

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Dave