C.<p>Just a brief <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factoid</span></a> to perhaps save other <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hobbyists</span></a> some time.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BigClive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigClive</span></a> frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JST</span></a>, "<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Dupont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dupont</span></a>", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.</p><p>If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".</p><p>The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/KF2510" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KF2510</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CrimpConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimpConnector</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/crimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimp</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/socket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socket</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/component" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>component</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/leaded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leaded</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/connector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>connector</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/solderless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solderless</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/universal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universal</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/contact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contact</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>