I'll be running minor voltages (+3.3, +5, +12, +24 -5, -12) through the contacts.
Yes. I may lay a 1/16" Nitrile or Styrene Butadiene/Natural Rubber blend pad in between the block and contacts to keep the contact consistent between all of contacts of two opposing blocks during heavy vibration.
I'm not sure I get the ASCII above, but here a drawing of the flat surface of a contact block and a contact block with the strips laid across and bent down into it's grooves:
I figure I can use a hand file to clean up if needed.
I can't seem to picture what you're saying, but I assume a woodruff key cutter would create a flat bottom groove. (Since these blocks will only be 4-1/2" long, it looks as though I will definitely go with the
1/16" spacing between grooves in order to fit all 16 on each block. (The blocks will be clamped by the grooved sides anyway).I had some opportunities to pick some up relatively cheap, but didn't foresee any use for it at the time. :-)
Thanks.
Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.