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Mill-Max Hot Swap sockets
Mill-Max Hot Swap sockets
Mill-Max Hot Swap sockets
Mill-Max Hot Swap sockets
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Mill-Max Hot Swap sockets

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Make your solder board Hotswap-able™

0305-2-15-80-47-80-10-0 Tin-plated over Nickel 3.94mm length

3305-0-15-80-47-27-10-0 Tin-plated over Nickel Shell plating with Gold over Nickel plating on the contacts 2.67mm length with a thinner top lip

7305-0-15-15-47-27-10-0 Gold-plated over Nickel 2.67mm length

These are super tiny, recommended to buy extras for the ones that get dropped or lost.

  • Require 2 per switch 
  • Requires soldering to PCB
  • We recommend to pick up a few extra 

Best HOWTOs out there, let me know if I need to elaborate here. Posted with permission.

0305 - These are reasonably cheap, and fit damn near any keyboard. Compared to the 7305s, they have a thicker lip, but in my experience, this has caused no issues (stabilizers return properly). The drawbacks to this socket are its long tail. If you're using a board with very tight spacing, they may be too tall and touch the bottom of the board. You can fix this by sanding the bottoms, but that's a lot of work. P/N used: 0305-2-15-80-47-80-10-0

3305 - These are new, fairly priced, and fit damn near any keyboard. Compared to the 7305s, they have a thinner lip, designed specifically for the mechanical keyboard pcbs. The drawbacks to this socket are its overall length, lending to being slightly more difficult to handle due to their size (tiny). If you're using a board with very tight spacing, these will match the compatibility of 7305s including the potential to bork. P/N used: 3305-0-15-80-47-27-10-0

7305 - These are just about identical to the 0305, but they have a shorter tail and shorter lip. The short tail makes them ideal for those tight builds I mentioned before. They're gold plated depending on the exact model you select. These are one size fits all, but they're annoying as heck to install due to the short tail. When I buy these, I always buy 10 extra because it's nearly impossible to get through an entire build without borking a few and getting solder inside. P/N used: 7305-0-15-15-47-27-10-0

INSTALL TIPS

For all soldering: use a small tip and use thin solder. Recommended Solder: Kester 0.031 in. 24-6337-0027

0305, 3305 and 7305:

  1. Put sockets on a switch.

  2. Insert switch where it belongs, with sockets on the legs.

  3. Solder sockets.

  4. Remove switch

  5. Repeat 1-4 until done. Use like 10 switches at a time. Use switches you don't care about so that when you inevitably solder a socket into it, it's no biggie.

    RANDOM TIPS

    • When you put keycaps on your stabilizers, it might push the PCB off of the switches. I like to leave the board open until switches AND caps are installed, push everything to fit again, then close up the case.

    • God tier QOL upgrade: add something non-conductive underneath the PCB to prevent the above issue and just to keep the PCB from backing off in general. Bumpons or shelf liner is great for this.