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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:59:08 -0600
From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Sub-D connectors
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Hi Tom,

There are high density 'D' connectors that have a smaller pin.  It
seems like you are referring to different diameters of the pin on the
standard size 'D' connectors though.  I don't recall hearing of that
but it's always possible that someone was manufacturing their own thing
that was almost but not quite compatible.  AFAIK today, any finished
connector of one sex will mate properly with any matching connector of
the other sex.  For the connectors that use crimp pins, I'm not as sure
that all manufacturers pins fit properly in everyone else's connector
body.  They may, but my preference it to get pins and bodies from the
same manufacturer.

Bob W.


On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:03:40 -0700 (PDT)
thomas walter <roundrocktom@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Years back I remember coming across two different sizes of "male pins" both of which had different sized "female pins" on the D-sub connectors.
>    
>   You had to make sure you had either "large" or "small" matched up, but played havoc with projects if you had the correct ones.
>    
>   So when I went to revisit the issue, there is only one size?   Does anyone remember the odd small/large pin intermittent issues?  I'm thinking 1980's as our lab text had bins clearly labeled, but with a note for the lab to only use on size.   
>    
>   Tom
>    
> 
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