GC regulators

[Nick]

I accidentally bought one of the lengthier versions of the PTH08080 and was wondering if it is possible to just grind and or cut the pins off to make it shorter?

 

[Noah]

Sure. If I remember correctly, those are only soldered in and can be taken out quite easily. Might he wrong though.

 

[JacksonS]

The pins do come out of the PTH08080 if you desolder them, but the ground pin takes a lot of heat to remove.

 

[cheese]

The pins do come out of the PTH08080 if you desolder them, but the ground pin takes a lot of heat to remove.

I can second this, I've done this to quite a few, and they do come out with a LOT of heat, probably around 450c-500c, the ground pin takes an especially long time to heat fully. I recommend adding some lower temp solder to the pins to help em come out.