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  1. #1
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    How hard would these connectors be to find?

    I might be picking these up and was wondering if anybody could recognize the connector from a poor photo. They do not come with wires and I wonder how much of an issue that would be? pardon the poor photo it is all I have.

    http://i.imgur.com/uT8BmJw.png

  2. #2
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    Re: How hard would these connectors be to find?

    You can find it or replace it with whateve You like. Usually connectors are similar in most servomotors, but may be slightly different depending on controller. So You can surently identify it if You find info about motor and controller, but sometimes it's Just easier to replace them with watever You find.

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    Re: How hard would these connectors be to find?

    Those are MIL-C connectors, should be very easy to find. Just have to measure them and figure out exactly what type they are. They would be pretty expensive if you buy new, so go to DigiKey to identify the connectors, then look on eBay for some old stock and surplus.

  4. #4
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    Re: How hard would these connectors be to find?

    Try looking for amphenol (spelling???) connectors.
    Bill
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    Re: How hard would these connectors be to find?

    Spelling is correct Bill, we use Amphenol at work all the time. Also note that each socket is on a mounting plate (you can see the four corner screws for each on the photo) so, if it comes to it, you could also find mating pairs of whatever connector about the same size and replace them on the drive as well as the cable.

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    Re: How hard would these connectors be to find?

    Amphenol is just one of the companies making those connectors. "MIL-C" (or "MIL-DTL" as they are called now) would be a more general search term.

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    Re: How hard would these connectors be to find?

    As others have stated above, these connectors are pretty standard and can definitely be obtained new (Mouser, Digikey, etc.) or on ebay. One of the many nice things about these connectors is that they are stamped with their complete part number on the edge of the square mounting plate. Depending on your eyes you may need a magnifying glass to make out the numbers exactly, but then just type them into the Mouser or Digikey search engine and they will normally pop up with the exact connector. You don't want that connector, you want the mating one. But the string of information in the search result will include the shell size, and from there I've had excellent luck searching with the shell size, the product series, number of pins, etc. to arrive at a part number for the mating connector.
    Dave

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