I asked about gold plating on pins in one of my other posts and wanted to take some photos and make sure I'm still on the right track.
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The left side is all from different ribbon cables. The middle to right side is from a variety of sources. Closer images below.
Top, strip has no gold, correct?
Middle, individual pins in next picture.
Bottom, plastic with the pins still in (just for reference).
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So top, left to right:
1st, 3rd has visible gold plating (barely on 3)
2nd, 4th has no visible gold plating
5th appears to be brass (without any nickle?)
Bottom:
All have visible gold plating
If I'm pulling pins and seeing that there is no gold or that the pins are just brass, those will need to be kept separate, correct? Or will there be trace amounts of gold that allow them to still go with the gold plated pins?
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Just examples mostly. But, the long piece, will or won't go with plated pins? I thought those didn't go but I had that piece sitting around and thought I'd ask.