Editing Hot-swap (section)

==Hot-swap switch sockets==
===Kailh===
The sockets are surface-mounted on the _bottom_ of circuit boards, specifically designed to have sockets.
Unlike Holtite or Mill-Max sockets they can not be retro-fitted onto PCBs made for soldering switches.

Kailh makes sockets for [[Cherry MX]] and [[Kailh Choc]] (fit also the [[Kailh Choc V2]]).
The former had originally been developed together with [[Input Club]] for the [[Input Club K-Type|K-Type]].

When inserting a switch, it is important the switch's pins are straight and that the switch is inserted straight.
If not, the pins don't go in right and can bend, which damages the pins.

Because sockets are surface-mounted on the bottom of PCBs, a common source of damage is also that a solder-pad has been pulled off from wrong pressure from above.
Some keyboards counter this by having a supporting piece of plastic under the socket, but that is still unusual.

===Gateron===
Clone of Kailh sockets for Cherry MX.{{citation needed}}

===Glorious===
Similar to Gateron and Kailh sockets.{{citation needed}}