Photo: pinballphotos
  1. » Forum
  2. » Tech
  3. » Tech: Generic
  4. » Help with IDC to molex method? ** FIXED **
(Topic ID: 57845)

Help with IDC to molex method? ** FIXED **

By angus

10 years ago


Topic Heartbeat

Topic Stats

  • 11 posts
  • 9 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 10 years ago by angus
  • Topic is favorited by 1 Pinsider

You

Linked Games

No games have been linked to this topic.

    Topic Gallery

    View topic image gallery

    IMAG0195.jpg
    molex2.jpg
    0
    0
    0
    #1 10 years ago
    OP
     
    DAJ

    angus

    Pinside member

    US Highlands Ranch, CO

    11y 65,900 578 34

    I'm having problems across these connectors with a voltage drop. With the single wires I've been using trifurcon molex connectors. Not sure how to do that with the connector pictured.

    molex2.jpgmolex2.jpg

    0
    1
    1
    #2 10 years ago
     
    LTG

    LTG

    Pinside member

    US Hopkins, MN

    12y 191K 56,991 24 7

    I would take one wire loop, solder the ends together and to a single wire, then stick the single wire in the Molex connector. Repeat four times.

    LTG : )

    0
    0
    0
    #3 10 years ago
     
    STE

    Evets

    Pinside member

    US Claremont, CA

    11y 59,300 775 6 7

    With daisy chain situations, I cut the wire, strip both ends, intertwine them a bit, and unite them with a drop of solder on the tip of the iron. Once cooled, I place them in the .156 trifurcon pin and squeeze away with my crimper. On a couple of occasions I have added another drop of solder to further unite the two wires with the pin. Be careful to use a minimal amount of solder so that the pin/wire combo doesn't become too thick to fit easily in the Molex housing. HTH.

    -Steve

    0
    0
    0
    #4 10 years ago
    OP
     
    DAJ

    angus

    Pinside member

    US Highlands Ranch, CO

    11y 65,900 578 34

    Thanks to you both. I think I'll try to keep only one wire in the molex. I can do that easily enough with a little solder and cutting.

    0
    0
    0
    #5 10 years ago
     
    DEB

    NunjoBiznezz

    Pinside member

    12y 41,400 170 5

    I buy both the 14-18 and 22 ga pins. Two wires will fit easily in the 14-18 size and crimp nicely .

    0
    0
    0
    #6 10 years ago
     
    CER

    Squeakman

    Pinside member

    US Lake Havasu City, AZ

    12y 64,550 3,351 9

    Maybe vid could do a how to thread for this.? I would love to see this explained step by step with pics.

    0
    0
    0
    #7 10 years ago
     
    ERJ

    tracelifter

    Inactive member

    12y 80,300 6,318

    Listen to LTG, pigtail w/shrink tube single wire in the pin.
    Bare wire in pin, no solder.

    0
    0
    0
    #8 10 years ago
     
    JKH

    cal50

    Pinside member

    11y 64,650 2,383 8 36

    The general idea minus the shrink tubing......

    IMAG0195.jpgIMAG0195.jpg

    0
    0
    0
    #9 10 years ago
     
    WAZ

    wallybgood

    Pinside member

    12y 90,900 987 10

    Angus, Clay has put together a lot of good info on connectors at:

    http://www.pinrepair.com/connect/

    Wally

    0
    0
    0
    #10 10 years ago
     
    AMS

    barakandl

    nvram.weebly.com

    12y 132K 10,420

    I prefer to double crimp as that is much quicker. I have crimp pins that are larger to fit two wires crimped at once. With the larger pins you can still make a good quality crimp.

    0
    0
    0
    #11 10 years ago
    OP
     
    DAJ

    angus

    Pinside member

    US Highlands Ranch, CO

    11y 65,900 578 34

    I had read through Clay's guide. He didn't show this type of connection. I did the reverse of cal50's picture. Looks good and seems to have solved the problem.

    Reply

    Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

    Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

    Donate to Pinside

    Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!

    This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/help-with-idc-to-molex-method and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

    Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.