Hi all,
could you please help me identify the connector in the image? I know that it is a 6 pin connector (one row) but I cannot find any information
of how is it called and where to get similar (searched Mouser connector types with no luck...)
I'm looking for both male and female connectors of this type...
could you please help me identify the connector in the image? I know that it is a 6 pin connector (one row) but I cannot find any information
of how is it called and where to get similar (searched Mouser connector types with no luck...)
I'm looking for both male and female connectors of this type...
It's typically called a Molex connector, but there are a zillion varieties and manufacturers of them. Your post doesn't seem clear on whether you just want a connector similar to this or if you want the exact connector.
In car audio, Scosche and Metra make a lot of adapter kits, but that normally only gets you one side of the connector.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector
In car audio, Scosche and Metra make a lot of adapter kits, but that normally only gets you one side of the connector.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector
Please ask the moderators / administrators to move this to the Car Audio section.
You will get a quick response, these are typical in cars.
And no, Mouser etc. do not sell many car parts.
You will be better off looking in the car electronics parts seller sites.
You will get a quick response, these are typical in cars.
And no, Mouser etc. do not sell many car parts.
You will be better off looking in the car electronics parts seller sites.
https://www.molex.com/molex/search/keyword_select.jsp?channel=Products&chanName=Product Name
Lots to choose from. Loads for sale on fleabay and amuzun etc.
Lots to choose from. Loads for sale on fleabay and amuzun etc.
Hi,
yes I'm looking for the exact connectors, they are not used for audio in my case (they are the the parking light/headlight switch connectors of a Mazda CX-5) but I thought that those are simply electrical connectors and maybe some member used such connectors before.
I'll keep looking for them thank you.
yes I'm looking for the exact connectors, they are not used for audio in my case (they are the the parking light/headlight switch connectors of a Mazda CX-5) but I thought that those are simply electrical connectors and maybe some member used such connectors before.
I'll keep looking for them thank you.
some of these are OEM connectors that are licensed to manufacturers but as there's several aftermarket suppliers it should be easy to find with make model and year information no?
Connectors like those require special crimp tools to be reliable, especially in an environment like a car.
My electrician found a loose contact for one indicator light in my car.
He said 'I will use a 'vilayati' (foreign) connector'....
He snipped off both connectors, stripped the wires, and taped them up!
You should buy them with the wires, those are machine crimped at factories supplying wiring harnesses for cars. Impossible without special tools.
Like Rayma said above...
Best source would be auto junkyard, get a few extra, and use anti corrosive spray.
Do not attempt to crimp the wires, cut the old ones, strip and join to the new (wired) connector, then join up.
Since they are rarely used to make or break joints, (it is more of ease of assembly thing), my electrician was correct, just tape them up.
He said 'I will use a 'vilayati' (foreign) connector'....
He snipped off both connectors, stripped the wires, and taped them up!
You should buy them with the wires, those are machine crimped at factories supplying wiring harnesses for cars. Impossible without special tools.
Like Rayma said above...
Best source would be auto junkyard, get a few extra, and use anti corrosive spray.
Do not attempt to crimp the wires, cut the old ones, strip and join to the new (wired) connector, then join up.
Since they are rarely used to make or break joints, (it is more of ease of assembly thing), my electrician was correct, just tape them up.
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Almost none of the automotive connectors are crimped.
The terminals on 95% of them can be removed and you can re-assign the terminals
to another position on that connector or use them on another connector of similar diameter and pitch
or do whatever you can imagine of depending on what you need to do with the wiring.
You just need a tool like this (who everyone can buy for a few bucks) : Terminal removal tool
And I'm afraid you need to change electrician too 🙂
The terminals on 95% of them can be removed and you can re-assign the terminals
to another position on that connector or use them on another connector of similar diameter and pitch
or do whatever you can imagine of depending on what you need to do with the wiring.
You just need a tool like this (who everyone can buy for a few bucks) : Terminal removal tool
And I'm afraid you need to change electrician too 🙂
Crimping refers to the attachment of a metal end piece to the wire.
It is then inserted in the white plastic thingy to make a connector.
You are using the wrong language to describe things.
If you remove the wires from the plastic, show us a picture.
It is normally brass / copper (sometimes plated) crimped connectors assembled in a housing, usually plastic.
Military and aircraft connectors are quite different.
An uncle worked for Kemlon in Texas, they do make special connectors...look them up if curious.
I have been going to the same electrician since 1993, he knows his job, unlike many other half-witted electricians I know here in India.
So I stick to a person who knows the difference between car and audio connectors, thank you very much.
It is then inserted in the white plastic thingy to make a connector.
You are using the wrong language to describe things.
If you remove the wires from the plastic, show us a picture.
It is normally brass / copper (sometimes plated) crimped connectors assembled in a housing, usually plastic.
Military and aircraft connectors are quite different.
An uncle worked for Kemlon in Texas, they do make special connectors...look them up if curious.
I have been going to the same electrician since 1993, he knows his job, unlike many other half-witted electricians I know here in India.
So I stick to a person who knows the difference between car and audio connectors, thank you very much.
The individual pins and sockets you are moving with those tools are normally crimped onto the wires.
The discussions above are related to doing that crimp correctly. Production quality tools and dies tend to be shockingly expensive if you've never run across them - like US$200-$1000 for hand tool versions. While there are cheaper ones available, the quality of both the crimp and strain relief typically wander more when using cheap crimpers, so you have to be more careful about checking every connection.
A funny example: years ago I told someone to pull on their hand crimped connection to check it, and they told me they didn't want to do that because the wires sometimes pull out.
Connectors in general are a significant contributor to failures in electronics these days, and professionally produced harnesses tend to also be shockingly expensive because making high quality wiring is more difficult than it appears on the surface.
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The Swiss company 'Mikron' used to make ball pen tip making machines, the brass tube is cut, shaped, the ball inserted, and final bang to seat the ball.
They may have made new, improved, models.
Speed was 140 per minute, it used a carousel set of tools, in two carousels sometimes.
There must be a video on line, and the are not the only makers of such machines.
Similarly, there is a company called 'National', they make machines for nuts and bolts, typically output is thousand of bolts per hour. Again, they may not be the only people making such machines, my uncle had their catalogs in his office, long ago.
The French company Bic owns a business here, their local brand is 'Cello', and in their old plant near Mumbai, they used to make 2.2 MILLION pens daily. New plant was started in North India, and they are one of many competitors in the local market here.
That is the kind of high speed production I am talking about, those crimp joints cannot be equaled by hand work.
I have no ties to the companies named above, except maybe as a pen user.
They may have made new, improved, models.
Speed was 140 per minute, it used a carousel set of tools, in two carousels sometimes.
There must be a video on line, and the are not the only makers of such machines.
Similarly, there is a company called 'National', they make machines for nuts and bolts, typically output is thousand of bolts per hour. Again, they may not be the only people making such machines, my uncle had their catalogs in his office, long ago.
The French company Bic owns a business here, their local brand is 'Cello', and in their old plant near Mumbai, they used to make 2.2 MILLION pens daily. New plant was started in North India, and they are one of many competitors in the local market here.
That is the kind of high speed production I am talking about, those crimp joints cannot be equaled by hand work.
I have no ties to the companies named above, except maybe as a pen user.
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Actually, there's only one manufacturer of Molex connectors and that's Molex. But I suppose "Molex" has become a noun just as Kleenex has become synonymous with any sort of paper-based snot rag.
The connectors pictured look more like those made by JST (another major manufacturer of wire-to-board connectors). Amphenol is another manufacturer.
To find a mate for these, I would search for "connector" on Mouser and sort by pin pitch. It'll take some work comparing dimensions in the data sheets with what you have to find a mate but it should be possible.
Tom
Yes, my wording was incorrect. They all are "crimped".
Well, I removed one wire from the connector housing and it looks like this (blurry photo but i cannot get closer and clearer than that):