[dorkbotsea-blabber] Where can I get one of these wire thingies?

[Wim Lewis]

On May 16, 2008, at 8:11 AM, William Beaty wrote:

> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Seth! Leary wrote:
>> Question: Where can I get one around these parts? (I am in  
>> Kirkland.)  I
>> need it ASAP.
>
> That's a Digi-key mail order.  Try Alphatronix in Renton, but I  
> doubt they
> have them.
>
> molex/waldom "KK" connector
> http://rocky.digikey.com/weblib/Molex/Web%20Photos/22-01-3057.jpg

Seconding Wes Cherry's suggestion of Vetco, if you need it now. There  
also (used to be?) a store in that neighborhood that just made cables  
to order --- they'd probably have loose terminals available.

Since that style of connector is pretty common, you could also find  
another connector somewhere, extract one of its contacts, and use it.  
Uncrimping the contact from the end of the wire probably won't work,  
you'll have to cut off a bit of its wire and splice it to the end of  
your wire.

(Careful not to confuse it with the other really common, similar  
connector that connects to the standard 0.025" square pins on 0.100"  
centers. The connector it looks like you have is the slightly larger  
type, with 0.045" or 0.025" square pins on 0.156" centers. For some  
mysterious reason, the larger connectors are usually made with a  
white nylon-like plastic and the smaller ones with a black, crunchy  
(glass-filled?) plastic. Molex makes a huge variety of connectors but  
these are the common ones.)