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FrankB · 30th Sep 2018, 1:26 am

I think those could be made by Cinch Jones here in the States.
The "Cinch Connectors" were used on massive amounts of commercial, and to a lesser extent, military gear.
Down side is they came in at least 3 different physical pin casing sizes, plus, of course, the "knockoffs'.
Pin config was widely varied (Vert & Horiz) so you couldn't, in theory, plug in the wrong connector to the wrong. (Never underestimate the stupidity of a poor tech).

You could get them with or without the outside shell for chassis mounting, or with outside shells for cable ends. The biggest I ever saw would have easily handled 100A.
IIRC, I still may have some 50A capacity in the storage. Typically they were 20-30A though.

They came in many, many different pin numbers , from 2 up to 14 that I have seen.
(Used to get literally kilos of them when I scrapped out early commercial radios. Motorola was the main user of them in the radios,.)

30th Sep 2018, 1:26 am	#6
FrankB Heptode Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Olympia, Washington, USA. Posts: 664	Re: Rectangular 8-Pin Plug and Socket Connectors I think those could be made by Cinch Jones here in the States. The "Cinch Connectors" were used on massive amounts of commercial, and to a lesser extent, military gear. Down side is they came in at least 3 different physical pin casing sizes, plus, of course, the "knockoffs'. Pin config was widely varied (Vert & Horiz) so you couldn't, in theory, plug in the wrong connector to the wrong. (Never underestimate the stupidity of a poor tech). You could get them with or without the outside shell for chassis mounting, or with outside shells for cable ends. The biggest I ever saw would have easily handled 100A. IIRC, I still may have some 50A capacity in the storage. Typically they were 20-30A though. They came in many, many different pin numbers , from 2 up to 14 that I have seen. (Used to get literally kilos of them when I scrapped out early commercial radios. Motorola was the main user of them in the radios,.)