MIL-DTL-12883/41F
Torque: Relay socket and hardware shall be subjected to torque testing as specified in table V.
Sockets shall be installed in mounting panel when test torque is applied. No visual evidence of
physical damage shall be permitted. Torque shall be maintained for a reasonable period of time to
insure stud, socket, and associated hardware have not been damaged (see table V).
TABLE V. Torque requirements (installed in panel conditions).
Torque
Thread size
Testing
Installation
Inch-pounds Newton-meters
Inch-pounds Newton-meters
.112-40
8
0.90
4 +1
0.45 + .11
+1
+ .11
-0
-0
18 +1
2.71
.190-32
24
2.03 + .11
+ .11
+1
-0
-0
Weight: Maximum weight of relay, socket, all contacts and all associated hardware shall be as
specified in table VI.
TABLE VI. Weight.
Maximum weight
Part designations
Pounds Grams
M12883/41
-01 through 10
.073
33
-11 through 20
.055
25
PIN: The PIN shall be marked on the socket body as shown in the example (see figure 1). The PIN
shall consist of the basic number of this specification sheet and the dash number from table I.
Example:
*
M12883/41
-01
S
Basic document number
Dash number
Modifier S shall be used in the
PIN only when ordering sockets
furnished with corrosion resistant
steel hardware with no finish.
* For future acquisition of these sockets as of the effective date of revision D, 20 December 1989,
parts identified with an "S" modifier shall be corrosion resisting steel (CRS), and parts without an "S"
modifier shall be cadmium chromate finish. No mixing of hardware types shall be permitted.
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