What is this connector?

[james_s]

One of the terminals broke in this connector, I temporarily stuffed a Molex KK pin in there and it works but it isn't quite right. There are a whole bunch of very similar .156" connectors out there, does anyone recognize this specific one?

[tooki]

At first glance I’d say JST VH series.

[DavideAndrea]

It can be any of these:

* MANUF. - SERIES
* JST - VH
* Molex - 35313 + 35156
* Molex - L1NK 396
* TE - Economy Power 3.96
* TE - Economy Power II

According to my Connector Identification Utility

http://connectorbook.com/identification.html?st=1&nm=by_names&bm=by_compon&c=interior_rect_conn&u=wire_to_board_conn&fl=00100000200000000000301000100000-55c-|3.96|5|||

[DaJMasta]

Any letters stamped in the housing?  Usually there's some sort of maker's mark and when you can narrow it down that way, they probably only have one or two products that match the look.

[james_s]

I'll take a look next time I'm there, it's at my brother's place. I looked up JST VH pins and they look about right going from memory so I added some to my digikey cart. I'll look up the others and see how they compare.

[tooki]

It can be any of these:
* JST - VH
* Molex - 35313 + 35156
* Molex - L1NK 396
* TE - Economy Power 3.96
* TE - Economy Power II

VH: it is this, or a clone thereof.
Molex 35313 + 35156: Nope, doesn’t match. Different latch and keying.
Molex L1NK 396: Nope, doesn’t match, completely different latch design.
TE Economy Power and Economy Power II: while very likely mating-compatible, not a match. The latch has little barriers next to it that the JST VH doesn’t have.


As for the database, here’s the link made clickable.
(The forum software screws up with many special characters, like the pipe, if you don’t manually create the link and link text.)


That’s a neat site! I actually had recently had the thought (as a connector nerd) that making such a site might be useful. Cool to see you’ve undertaken that! I will give a bit of constructive feedback, though: the usability is terrible and it seems rather buggy. (For instance, there’s no obvious way to go back to the list of candidates, once you’ve selected one. The little back arrow next to the number in a circle goes back, but the component list then doesn’t contain all the same items. Browser back doesn’t work, either.)

[james_s]

That is neat. There are a zillion different connectors out there, many of them very similar and most are not stamped with any sort of part number. I have been frustrated many times trying to find a match for a connector of one sort or another, many times I don't even know what to search for.