kandksalvage wrote:
I've been harvesting a lot of "gold" pin connectors off of these electronic boards, but last night I got to thinking... is there such a thing as brass pin connectors, and how would I easily be able to tell what could be good to keep or just worthless?
If you are taking the ends from computer gear, then I would not expect to find too many brass connections. If it looks like it is gold colored, chances are it is lightly plated with gold.
Outside of the computer world, it really comes down to having a trained eye (in other words, experience) to know the difference which would be hard for me to share in the context of this message.
So in general, at least when it comes to buying connectors, we prefer them to come from computers unless it is obvious that the non-computer related item does in fact have gold plated pins.