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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: SirPeale on April 30, 2008, 10:08:45 am
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Back when I was working for an operator, I had all the stuff I needed to make harnesses at will.
Now that I no longer do, I don't have the items I need to repair and/or build harnesses.
My memory is *crap* these days. I can't remember what these items in particular are.
First: monitor signal connector. I've got a few of the housings, but I need the pins that go inside them. What are both called? Here: http://www.competitiveproducts.com/list.php?id=32 is where I got the housings, but the Trifurcon pins don't fit in there, or I'm doing it wrong.
Next: we called them "pinball connectors" at my former employ. The type used to connect power connectors on pinballs. I know they're IDC, but I need to know specifically what type. There are too doggone many to wade thru. I could use both male and female.
All help is appreciated! I have a video connector that's currently on hold because I need the pins.
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Housings:
MOLEX: KK® Crimp Terminal Housing, 0.156" Pitch
AMP: SL-156 SERIES, .156", NYLON
Female Contacts Molex: KK Series .156 (3.96mm) Trifurcon Crimp Terminals 08-50-0189
Jameco.com or mouser.com has them both... you can get them with or without a locking ramp... sometimes Jameco does not have the selection that mouser has cause there are so many options... ramp/ no ramp, keyed / not keyed and number of positions...etc.
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The video connectors are Molex "K.K." series spaced .156 inch (Mouser Electronics numbers shown):
538-09-50-7061 6 pin housing
538-09-50-7031 3 pin housing
538-09-50-7101 10 pin housing
538-08-50-0106 normal pin for above housings
538-08-50-0189 trifurcon pin for above housing
As to "pinball connectors" most pinball manufacturers used a mix of AMP brand and/or Molex.
Typical on Williams system 11 are these AMP "MTA .156" IDC connectors:
571-6405999 9 pin IDC Orange 18 gauge
571-6406009 9 pin IDC Yellow 20 gauge
571-6406019 9 pin IDC Red 22 gauge
AMP colors their IDC connectors for a reason. Each color connector is designed to only accept a certain gauge of wire throughout the whole connector. The above are just examples.
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I never could get the trifurcon pins to fit in that housing correctly. Must be something I'm doing wrong.
As for the "pinball connectors" the ones I've dealt with have been a neutral color. Later Williams pins had them, IE Star Trek, Red & Ted's Road Show, Terminator 2 and the like. Are those the same as above? And what are the male part numbers?
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Also, they had a lot more than nine positions on them. More like 24, IIRC. Wish I still had some intact to reference by.
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I only used 9 pins as an example. They are made in other sizes.
Great Plains Electronics also sells connectors specific to pinball and video games.
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I contacted my contact @ Betson New England (where they purchased those connectors). I was surprised she still worked there, I thought she was retiring.
She told me that these connectors are from a company called Cinch.
http://www.cinch.com/index.cinch from a Google search
but I don't see these connectors on their site.
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Called Cinch, they told me they have no idea what I'm talking about.
Though the ones @ Betson are $1.30 each, the shipping kills the deal. Guess I'll have to put together an order.
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I found a couple of the "pinball connectors" in an old toolbox.
I also found this @ Mouser: 571-6447526 but I'm not sure if it's the same thing.
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I took a good close look at the connector I had and noted it said "ITW" on it. Google brought me this:
http://www.itwpancon.com/
Those are it in their front page picture, now to narrow it down...
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Thanks, Jim, for posting the link, and Ken for first suggesting it. They had the male connectors I was looking for, but not the IDC female. Probably because all pinheads insist on replacing the IDC connectors with the other style - they're more reliable.
I'll just get them from my old contact. I have to place an order soon, anyway.
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Some of the machines people have brought to work on lately literally have had to have ALL the connectors (male and female) replaced due to corrosion or broken contacts.
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Bally "Special Forces".