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Products => Other Equipment & Products => Topic started by: VinzC on October 14, 2023, 04:50:15 pm
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Hi all.
My Dupont male connectors break one by one. They just bend then break and the wire becomes completely useless. Consequently I decided to repair them and shop for parts, especially the male pins... I thought it'd be relatively straightforward. Good joke! I can't figure out for the life of me the name/brand/model of the parts involved in building those connectors. I spent hours and hours searching DigiKey and Mouser, in vain. I could find French articles (example: https://www.gotronic.fr/cat-he14-2-54-mm-891.htm (https://www.gotronic.fr/cat-he14-2-54-mm-891.htm)) for doing your wires but either the kits don't specify the constituting parts or I can't find the part names by DigiKey or Mouser. Absolutely none of my searches returned the parts I wanted.
I'm about to go nuts. I give up.
What shall I look for on Mouser or Digikey?
Thanks a whole lot in advance,
V.
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This came up last week: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/where-to-find-male-dupont-crimp-pins/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/where-to-find-male-dupont-crimp-pins/)
Another problem is the tooling required. The official crimp tool for any of the leading brand contacts will cost you an arm and a leg. The cheap knockoff tools for 'duPont' contacts generally don't do the job properly. See https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/crimpin-aint-easy-(or-best-hobbyist-crimping-toolsystem)/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/crimpin-aint-easy-(or-best-hobbyist-crimping-toolsystem)/)
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Thanks a lot.
I indeed have a multi-use crimp tool. So far I'm more interested in repairing my wires for occasional use than a reliable crimping. None of my "crimps" are for heavy usage, especially given that the male pin breaks rather than the wires get off.
Now I finally can order parts, so a million thanks for that :-+