Trying to identify what sort of electrical connector this is so as I can order some. Can anyone identify what this is called so as I can order please. It's the 5 way connector with flat blades in the foreground, lousy photo i know!
Power Molex (pico range)... try RS or CPC... better still replace it with something better. It may have a custom shell... Like this £5.50 delivered Waterproof 5 Way Pin Electrical Wire Joint Superseal Connector / UK Rated: IP67 https://ebay.us/49agkP
Or get a kit... under £30 and IP67 waterproof Boxed 43 Kits 1/2/3/4/5/6 Pin Way Seal Motorcycle Electrical Wire Connector Plug https://ebay.us/ECAct3
Thanks for your reply Paul, much appreciated. I don't think it is Power Molex ( Pico range ) connector, it's definitely not waterproof! I just need one female connector to enable me to plug into the male to test something!
I think , it is from the cable range (not pcb), albeit from about 30 years ago... I've used them in designs The waterproof stuff was to replace all of it with something better. If you want to find a shell try any old computers you have.... fan to circuit board.
The connector is part of the control circuitry from a roughly 10 year old e bike. I've been trying to take a better photo of the connector but have failed to better the lousy one I have shown! I've been Googling connectors but so far have failed to identify to enable me to order there is as yoou know a plethora of various types. Don't have any old computers.
Hi John, try taking a photo against an steel ruler or similar.... the pin centres could help identify it... The pitch will be either metric or imperial depending on the range... try getting the depth and width of the connector, ignore the height (the plane of the cables).
Why do you need a shell? It looks like the bent pin No. 2 has pushed out the No. 2 socket in your photos.... can you correct both and it should work (as a connector)? All the connectors there in your pictures are MOLEX.... There are a plethora of connectors they make and over the last few years MOLEX has really upped it's game, despite already being the dominant player in that field. If you google "Help me identify this molex connector" you'll see it is the bane of the engineers life.
Thanks Paul .Thanks for identifying it as a 'Molex connector' that's a helpful start. I think the number 2 pin issue occured as I disconnected the plug, I think it was o.k before I disconnected it. Hopefully will be able to repair it. The reason I am after the connector is to test an e bike rear wheel hub motor that I have that is suspect. I need this plug to jury rig a tempory harness from the suspect hub to a known working e bike controller.
I do this sort of thing all the time with modules in our industry. Investing in a set of these terminals for normal multi-meter probes / lead sets makes the task easier. If you have to go into the PIN side of a plug/socket set... go in at the wires end.. where the cable goes into the shell.
This image shows the insulation has failed / been damaged on the red and black cables on the left of the image.
I believe it is from the 'JST' range. I was just searching my ebay history as I recalled buying some 3 way connectors last year for the same purpose. Does that sound right?
Yes, well spotted. Your are correct, the insulation has been damaged. Overheating of the cables due to the relatively high current -almost definitely as a result of high resistance in the 'Bullet connectors'.
Don't recognise that and they seem to be PCB based with the square profile pin, yours appear more flat and rectangular.
First you need to determine the load that this connector needs to carry. Any good online electrical site should be able to sort you out,
These are the ones I bought via ebay last year. they were described as JST connectors. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322507543319
I think I have found some from RS https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/pcb-...B2O-iHQr9AMf0Iel0yBoCUw0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
My lousy photo does make the pins appear to have a square profile. They are actually flat and rectangular. The wires from the connectors are only carrying relatively tiny Hall signal currents btw. The Bullet connectors are carrying the 3 phase motor currents.
