connectors

[pdlethbridge]

I found a place that sells nano connectors. These are real small. a nine pin 5 over 4 double row is 3/8" wide and 1/8" height. They have no minimum order requirements and you can get both male and females pre-wired. pin spacing is .025"
http://www.glenair.com/nano/

[taz-of-boyds]

Cool!  Thankyou!
Charles

[pdlethbridge]

I sent them a e-mail and hope to hear back from them.

[Jim Banner]

PD, I hope you won't be too disappointed if you don't hear back from them.  Companies selling space/military grade hardware rarely respond because if you are not in the business and don'thave a backer with deep pockets, you probably cannot afford to buy their products.

Jim

[pdlethbridge]

Your probably right. Maybe I should contact digitrax and give them the link

[pdlethbridge]

I have contacted Digitrax. Will wait

[pdlethbridge]

I have also contacted scale shops about this.

[pdlethbridge]

Digitrax thanked me for the link.  We'll see what happens.

[pdlethbridge]

I got this reply from glenair
Good Morning Paul – Here are the standard prices, please let me know if the pricing is something you are interested in then we may be able to go further – Best Regards, Becki

http://www.glenair.com/micro-d/pdf/891-001.pdf



Part Number: 891-001-9PA2-0C1-18J

Qty: 10 pcs @ $95.41 each

Qty: 50 pcs @ $57.13 each

Qty: 250 pcs @ $49.13 each



Part Number: 891-002-9SA2-0C1-18T

Qty: 10 pcs @ $88.99 each

Qty: 50 pcs @ $53.09 each

Qty: 250 pcs @ $45.83 each



Delivery: 12 wks ARO



Becki Archuleta

Glenair, Inc.

Senior Product Specialist, Micro-D Products

Ph: 818) 247-6000 x 2457

Email: [email protected]

[Jhanecker2]

Looks like Jim Banner was right , the prices were steep .  Mil spec connectors are expensive they are made to perform dependably in very hostile environments. Glen-air is a good company , Pyle National used to Buy components for some of the miniature connectors they made in the 1990s.  Those connectors were not inexpensive either. Isn't there a consumer level manufacturer  / distributer   ie. Newarks or Radioshack ?

[richG]

Thos are normal prices for the items.

Here are a couple suggestions. I have used the 9 pin JST. I found the 6 pin JST photo in aa Yahoo group run be a DCC online shop.
Here is a photo of a fairly small connector. The 9 pin JST connector. It measures 3.49mm X 14.95mm X 5.89 with 1.28m pin spacing. Carefully cut off what you do not want with a razor saw.






Rich

[pdlethbridge]

My thought is to find a dependable small connector to use between the tender and locomotive. Actually Bachmann sells an ideal one. Their 4 and 2 pin connectors are ideal but they don't sell the other pieces separate from the tenders wired board. Please make both ends available for us. I would like to see a 2 and 4 pin wired connectors for both male and female here. 6" to 8" leads for both would be just fine. Even if you could give us the little circuit board they plug into with 6" or 8" leads that would be excellent. Lets get this into the Bachmann site as a part PLEASE

[Yampa Bob]

These work fine between loco and tender. Female is prewired, male needs wires soldered to pins. They are not polarized, so need to be marked.

http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/home.php?cat=256

[pdlethbridge]

 That is an advantage of the Bachmann plugs, they are polarized

[Jim Banner]

On his Wiring for DCC website,  Allan Gartner has a new page devoted to small plugs and sockets.

http://www.wiringfordcc.com/locos.htm#a21

Jim