covers for rca jacks

Has anyone seen caps you put over your unused rca jacks,I saw some in a catalog but they want $36 for 12 of them, i was going to use something similar but are plastic and are 35 cents each.We have a 100lb bulldog and he seems to shed fur buy the bucket full. any ideas or thoughts? thanks.

The purpose behind the fancy $3 covers (keeping EM and RF interference out) has always seemed a bit fishy to me. If the goal is to keep dust and pet hair out of your jacks, I'd certainly prefer the $0.35 plastic caps. On the other hand, my pair of fur factories (a 20-pound persian cat and a 15-pound Maine Coon) have put a fair bit of light, fine cat hair into the area behind the equipment rack as well as around the computer, and the only times I've noticed fur getting into things has been through the ventilation openings. Even that has been mainly the computer, which has a fan to draw the fur in. I suspect the LFM-1's ports have sucked some in as well, although I haven't tipped it over to check. Very little fur has penetrated to inside the equipment rack.

yes thats what I thought,although the metal ones are very pretty, and they have that fancy picture of that cardas shell thingy, thanks a bunch Gonk.

Where can one find those .35 caps?

I found plastic caps at home depot,I think they are for covering hole in computer decks or something,in my local home depot they were in the hardware department in draws for small hardware and come two to four in a little plactic bag.

I found RCA caps made of rubber at MCM Electronics web site. (10) @ $ 2.81 .

In my experience, RCA caps have never passed the litmus test of affecting sonic character of any prepro or receiver I've owned or tested. However... that being said, over time dust and static and general grit gets on the damned jacks, and I find myself needing the clean the things periodically before something decides to nest in them. To that end, I've used caps that come on f-jacks (ie splitters) and they've worked OK - when they fit, which is about half the time.

Bill O, that's a nice find - cheap and does the job.

there you go Bill O,I was just going to use them to keep the dust and stuff out.I didn't think it would effect the sound,although in another outlaw forum the clever little clocks caused Gonks engineering degree to turn itself over in it's frame

I am using the caps to keep dust out.I have 3 fans running constantly in my rack.( Seems everything I own runs very warm.)I did notice lots of collected dust on those rca jacks.
I also sometimes re-configure some of my ever changing system.I have actualy pluged the right RCA cable into the wrong jack on my reciever.With the plugs I will elimate pluging into wrong jacks, and save myself time and embarrasment.

Bill O, what is the part number for the covers at mcm electronics? the only one I found was 27-5335 it looks like a rca plug with a rubber piece on one end and they are 89 cents each

Look up "rca cover" and they show right up (item 60-8469). They're actually the same as the rubber bolt covers (also "safety caps") you can buy from many hardware stores. That other unit (the terminator) is a good cheap alternative for those who think the Cardas caps are useful.

thanks so much I appreciate it,I tried rca cover and nothing came up,