MATE-N-LOK 8p flat connector availability

[Tony Duell]

> 
> On Jun 3 2006, 23:09, Tony Duell wrote:
> 
> > I am looking for a somewhat similar connector. I am not sure if it's
> > AMP or Molex, but I suspect it's one or the other.
> >
> > It has 5 pins in a straight line. The pins look to be the normal
> > 0.093" ones. The face of the socket housing looks a bit like this:
> >
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> > That is, 5 pins in a line, with one end of the housing pointed for
> > polarisation.
> 
> I'm pretty sure this isn't AMP, but it looks like a Molex 0.093" Power

It might well be. I've not seen a maker's name on the moulding.

> Connector.  A lot of these are made in panel-mount as well as
> free-hanging styles, but the five-way is only made as free-hanging

The panel-mount ones I've seen had little plastic clips moulded into them 
to lock into the hole on the panel. It's easy to cyt those off if you 
want to turn a panel-mount into a free-hanging one.

> according to my old Molex catalogue.  However, it says there's a mating

In this case, the connector is used in-line, it's not panel mounted. On 
the rear panel of the 9810/9820 are mounted most of the 'mains' 
components -- the power transformer, fan, mains filter, fuseholders, 
mains in/out connectors. A 4 way screend cable (rated to carry mains) is 
connected to this lot, and runs down the side of the case. On the front 
end of it is the socket half of this connector (the 5 pins being 2 for 
mains in, 2 for mains out to the transformer, and a ground for the 
screen). Another length of similar cable is wired to the plug half of the 
connector, the other end of that coonnects to the (double pole) mains 
switch on the front of the keyboard assembly.

> unshrouded vertical header in their 1840 series, and "vertical headers
> may be assembled using PC tail terminals in standard housing".  The

No, it's not PCB mounted.

What I want to do is wire up a plug housing with the appropriate pairs of 
pins linked together to simulate a turned-on power switch. Then I can 
plug that into the end of the cable from the transformer assemnbly, and 
power up the machine with the keyboard totally removed (using the switch 
on the mains socket outlet to turn it on/off).  Since it's mains, I want 
to get the right housing, rather than use bare pins covered in 
heat-shrink or something.

> receptacle part is 03-09-1052, it's 27.2mm long x 6.2mm wide; the plug
> part is 03-09-2052, 30.0mm long x 8.6mm wide.  Each pin is rated 9A at
> 250V in these housings.

Easily enough (as you'd expect from HP at that time). The transformer has 
a mains fuse (1A for 2330V mains, 2A for 115V mains). There's also a 6A 
mains input fuse 'before' this connector. 

Now all I need to do is find a source.

-tony