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Molex Connectors

NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
edited 2012-08-07 04:20 in General Discussion
Does anyone know of a good, reliable source for the mini molex connectors found on small stepper motors and wired/wireless cameras? I am looking for 2 to 8 connectors. All the searches I have done seem to only come up with the larger ones that are used with power supplies, etc.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-08-05 21:49
    Are you sure they're Molex and not JST?

    -Phil
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2012-08-05 21:52
    Well, I thought they were Molex. Thanks for clarifying that and the link.
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    edited 2012-08-06 08:49
    if they are JST

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3686.m570.l1313&_nkw=jst&_sacat=0
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-08-06 15:58
    rjo__ wrote: »
    if they are JST

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3686.m570.l1313&_nkw=jst&_sacat=0

    A better search would be :

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/Business-Industrial-/12576/i.html?_nkw=jst

    t    o narrow down "Business and Industrial", without having to look through 4200+ auctions
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    edited 2012-08-06 17:21
    oops, I just dragged the address off vendor page that I used.
    There is a search option on the page. If you enter the pitch and number pins and JST, it should work.
    If anyone finds anything cheaper, I'd be interested.
    Rich
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-08-06 18:58
    Why mess around with eBay? DigiKey sells JST connectors and stocks them in abundance.

    -Phil
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    edited 2012-08-06 19:10
    Howdy Phil,

    A perfectly reasonable question. At the time, I didn't know that what I needed was a JST connector. The camera I was fiddling with was a $5 ntsc from Videology. The documentation stated that the connectors were 5 and 6 pin AMP connector, 173981-6 mf.

    Well, that didn't help because I could never find a 6-pin AMP connector.

    One day I was looking for something else and found out that what I really needed was a 2mm 6pin JST connector.

    Never thought about Digikey... just ordered it.

    Rich
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2012-08-06 19:56
    Now if I could just find a "kit" with some of each I would be a really happy crimper!!!! Whatdaya say, erco, up for the challenge?
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2012-08-07 04:20
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    Why mess around with eBay? DigiKey sells JST connectors and stocks them in abundance.
    One reason would be free shipping.. from DigiKey it's extremely expensive to buy small items. From their web page:
    "A shipping charge of $30 USD will be billed on all orders less than $100 USD" (that's to Norway)
    In fact the main reason I buy almost all small items on ebay is due to free or low-cost shipping. If more shops would include the low-cost USPS option for small / low-cost items then I would buy more from them. Fortunately Parallax is in this group.

    -Tor
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