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Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602

 
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:11 pm    Post subject: Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602 Reply with quote

Bob,
Thanks for the ideas and the web link. Friday morning I was searching and came across these. Correct number of terminals, but no indication as to pitch. I need 0.100" [aka 2.54mm] Any comments regarding what I've found?

https://twistywristarcade.com/edge-connectors/772-15-30-pin-edge-connector-sec.html

https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=CECM30

I found a few more, but they were all .156" pitch.

Charlie Kuss

On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 07:53:13 PM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:




At 11:15 AM 5/28/2022, you wrote:
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--> AeroElectric-List messageposted by: Charles Kuss <chaskuss(at)yahoo.com>

I need to buy the Molex connector for my Insight GEM 602. It is a 15/30pin edge connector with a 0.100" pitch between contacts. It also hasa notch in the card to prevent the connector being installed backwards.Any idea what the part number I need is and where I could buy it? Thereis no info regarding this in the documentation I received with the unit.It also appears that this series [4338 ??] of connector has been deemedobsolete by Molex.

Check out the Molex data page on my website:

https://tinyurl.com/7t6jjsc

  Data there includes descriptions and photos
of the 4338 series connectors and pins. Yeah,
been out of production for a long time.

Over the years I've had some luck finding
connectors at surplus electronics shops
but those opportunities are growing really
skinny too.

I do have a few pieces of work-around left
over from the last few times I had your
  problem. You'll see some pictures on the website
where a builder cut two larger connectors and
spliced them together with JB Weld to achieve
the proper pin-count.

Sorry, not gold plated. Not crimped either . . . ran
out of those pins about 15 years ago. However,
I've used this technique at least twice to get
one of these vintage radios up and running. You're
welcome to a 1-1/2 12-pin connectors (pictured)
to take a whack at this fix. Keeping half of
a connector on hand will allow me to offer this
fix at least one more time.
Bob . . .

Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If blackboxes
survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane
out of that stuff?"


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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:21 pm    Post subject: Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602 Reply with quote

Here is a link to what the rear of the GEM 602 looks like

<a href='https://postimg.cc/bs9GVP6d' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/VL3j6Ln9/Insight-GEM-602-rear-view-20220527-154618.jpg' border='0' alt='Insight-GEM-602-rear-view-20220527-154618'/></a>

Charlie

On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 07:53:13 PM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:




At 11:15 AM 5/28/2022, you wrote:
Quote:
--> AeroElectric-List messageposted by: Charles Kuss <chaskuss(at)yahoo.com>

I need to buy the Molex connector for my Insight GEM 602. It is a 15/30pin edge connector with a 0.100" pitch between contacts. It also hasa notch in the card to prevent the connector being installed backwards.Any idea what the part number I need is and where I could buy it? Thereis no info regarding this in the documentation I received with the unit.It also appears that this series [4338 ??] of connector has been deemedobsolete by Molex.

Check out the Molex data page on my website:

https://tinyurl.com/7t6jjsc

Data there includes descriptions and photos
of the 4338 series connectors and pins. Yeah,
been out of production for a long time.

Over the years I've had some luck finding
connectors at surplus electronics shops
but those opportunities are growing really
skinny too.

I do have a few pieces of work-around left
over from the last few times I had your
problem. You'll see some pictures on the website
where a builder cut two larger connectors and
spliced them together with JB Weld to achieve
the proper pin-count.

Sorry, not gold plated. Not crimped either . . . ran
out of those pins about 15 years ago. However,
I've used this technique at least twice to get
one of these vintage radios up and running. You're
welcome to a 1-1/2 12-pin connectors (pictured)
  to take a whack at this fix. Keeping half of
a connector on hand will allow me to offer this
fix at least one more time.
Bob . . .

Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If blackboxes
survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane
out of that stuff?"


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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:37 pm    Post subject: Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602 Reply with quote

Bob,
Thank you for your kind offer. However, I don't think it will work. The connectors you show have a 3.96mm [.156"] pitch. My GEM 602 needs 2.54mm [.100"] pitch connector.

Charlie

On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 07:53:13 PM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:




At 11:15 AM 5/28/2022, you wrote:
Quote:
--> AeroElectric-List messageposted by: Charles Kuss <chaskuss(at)yahoo.com>

I need to buy the Molex connector for my Insight GEM 602. It is a 15/30pin edge connector with a 0.100" pitch between contacts. It also hasa notch in the card to prevent the connector being installed backwards.Any idea what the part number I need is and where I could buy it? Thereis no info regarding this in the documentation I received with the unit.It also appears that this series [4338 ??] of connector has been deemedobsolete by Molex.

Check out the Molex data page on my website:

https://tinyurl.com/7t6jjsc

Data there includes descriptions and photos
of the 4338 series connectors and pins. Yeah,
been out of production for a long time.

Over the years I've had some luck finding
connectors at surplus electronics shops
but those opportunities are growing really
skinny too.

  I do have a few pieces of work-around left
over from the last few times I had your
problem. You'll see some pictures on the website
where a builder cut two larger connectors and
spliced them together with JB Weld to achieve
the proper pin-count.

Sorry, not gold plated. Not crimped either . . . ran
out of those pins about 15 years ago. However,
I've used this technique at least twice to get
one of these vintage radios up and running. You're
welcome to a 1-1/2 12-pin connectors (pictured)
to take a whack at this fix. Keeping half of
a connector on hand will allow me to offer this
fix at least one more time.
Bob . . .

Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If blackboxes
survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane
out of that stuff?"


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