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Patchworks blackbox plug

beaconsboy

Member
Location
south powys
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Does anyone where i can buy a 2 pin plug and lead. Rang them up and they wanted 100quid. I thought they were taking the pee . All advice please.
I think it’s an Amphenol 2-pin Mini plug, but it’s a bit hard to see the shell clearly from the photo. Any other pics with dimensions? See example here.

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These can be got in different variations - overmolded with the cable or field (not literally) terminated with a nut secured against the cable. Yours looks like it’s over-moulded and I think bayonet.

Once plugged to the unit, does it secure via bayonet rotate locking or threaded/screw down?
 

mo!

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
York
I got an extra one free when I bought our black box, along with a patch receiver. 100 notes is bonkers.
 
The pin holes are roughly 3mm apart. And u turn the collar about 180 to not it in place. 20180814_180224.jpg
Thanks for the update. So it’s definitely bayonet locking, but to be honest I’m not certain it’s an Amphenol Mini A connector...

The Amphenol connector diameter of the inside ‘barrel’ (surrounding the contacts) is 7mm. The diameter of the locking collar is a smidge over 15mm. Yours look a bit narrower than that.

Also the Amphenol connector should have ‘ALTW’ stamped into the side of the plastic body.
 
Yes its around 7 mm. How do i buy one. Had a look on there website. But cant see anything about buying it
Hopefully if it is an Amphenol mini size A connector, then the one linked below you can terminate on your own cable. It’s bit chunkier at the cable end because of the gland/locknut, but is relatively cheap at around £9

https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Amphenol/AD-02BFFA-LL7001/

All the versions that have the connector molded on to a length of cable, seem to be out of stock. Shame because they’re only a few quid more.
 

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