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rea5245:
You know the contacts on a multimeter knob that brush against the PCB (pictured below)?

What are they called? Where can I buy them?

Thank you,
   Bob

MosherIV:
They are known as spring contacts.

Not sold anywhere that I am aware of.

bob91343:
You probably will have to buy or salvage some beryllium copper or phosphor bronze parts of the approximate thickness and cut them to shape.

rea5245:

--- Quote from: bob91343 on September 07, 2020, 08:33:36 pm ---You probably will have to buy or salvage some beryllium copper or phosphor bronze parts of the approximate thickness and cut them to shape.

--- End quote ---

Every multimeter has them. There must be someone manufacturing them.

floobydust:
Those are crap! chinese low purity copper which on gold ENIG pcb I find does not give a decent connection. They have won the race to the bottom for price and quality.
Are you looking for replacements or building something using them? If they were leaf/cantilever style, at least silver-plated the quality would be good.

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