Paul mentioned to me about the military spec connectors as well as the gold
pins and sockets(and if I ever have a failure with one of these may consider
going to those). I have done some heavy vibration, pull strength and under
water testing with these standard connectors and feel very comfortable with
them for our applications, I use the solid pins(a bit more costly) rather
then the stamped and formed pins though. I plan on stocking the mini series
now as well. I wasn't aware that the draw had an effect on the ability or
continuity of the pins themselves though(with everything being clean).. care
to expand on the reasoning or likelyhood of failure? Excellent info Neil,
thank you.
TD
> TD,
> It's not for nothing that the US military & aerospace industry uses
> Deutsch connectors. Note that there are other manufacturers of MIL-SPEC
> connectors besides Deutsch; all of them are excellent.
> If you can't afford a failure, use MIL-SPEC connectors. They usually
> have gold-plated connector pins-- not for looks but to insure good
> electrical contact. Ordinary contacts are not good unless there is a
> substantial current flowing through them. "Dry contact" switch contacts
> and connector pins maintain good, low-resistance connections even
> with very low current flow.
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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