banana plugs

[m4rz]

Hey,

Can these banana plugs be used for speakers. I was told that they were speaker banana plugs when I bought them, but the wire can't be fed through the hole on the side. It appears that the wire must be fed through the top and then the little screw tightes the wire to the plug.
What is the side hole for? The speaker wire when fed from the top doesn't even enter the side hole
????
Sorry the picture is a little blurry but I think it's good enough to see what I have.

Thanks

 

[Big Jim 007]

The hole on the side appears to be for a allen set screw to secure the speaker wire....

 

[gogofast]

that plug should accept the wire both from the bottom and the side. maybe you should use a smaller sized wires.

 

[archie2]

It's a ventilation hole.

 

[70salesguy]

Look and see if another banana plug will plug into that hole. Some are made this way so you can "stack" plugs. That is, you can plug more than one banana plug into a jack this way.

My Crown amps have banana jacks on the outputs. I use banana plugs that have an entrance for the wire on the side and a jack on the back. That way I can plug in 2 or 3 sets in by "stacking" them.

 

[m4rz]

interesting. Yes they can in fact plug into that hole.

Thanks

 

[energyandair]

Look and see if another banana plug will plug into that hole. Some are made this way so you can "stack" plugs. That is, you can plug more than one banana plug into a jack this way.

I agree. The wire comes in at the end, the small Philips head screw is screwed down on the wire to make the connection, and the large hole from the side is for a second banana pin if you want to bi-wire.

If you use them that way, there is a risk that the bi wiring banana pins passing through the holes in the line and ground banana pins will touch one another and short out the amp. To prevent this, sure that their bodies are covered with insulation and their pins don't touch.

David

 

[archie2]

interesting. Yes they can in fact plug into that hole.

Thanks

You will stifle that ventilation and be running hot plugs.

 

[Blue Shadow]

If you are running hot plugs you need to use premium fuel to avoid detonation or the dreaded pinging!! Nobody wants to hear pinging, it is not part of the music.

 

[70salesguy]

Unless you're watching "The Hunt for Red October".

Then you want to hear pinging.

Then again, if your banana plugs are runnng that hot, you need liquid-cooled banana plugs! :yes:

 

[archie2]

Unless you're watching "The Hunt for Red October".

Then you want to hear pinging.

Then again, if your banana plugs are runnng that hot, you need liquid-cooled banana plugs! :yes:

Best thing to do is to peel them, reduces insulation, reduces heat.:tresbon: