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chaskuss(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:11 pm Post subject: Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602

Bob,

 Thanks for the ideas and the web link. Friday morning I was searching and came across these. Correct number of terminals, but no indication as to pitch. I need 0.100" [aka 2.54mm] Any comments regarding what I've found?



https://twistywristarcade.com/edge-connectors/772-15-30-pin-edge-connector-sec.html



https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=CECM30



I found a few more, but they were all .156" pitch.



Charlie Kuss

            

                                                                                        On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 07:53:13 PM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:                

                



                



                At 11:15 AM 5/28/2022, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  --> AeroElectric-List messageposted by: Charles Kuss <chaskuss(at)yahoo.com>



I need to buy the Molex connector for my Insight GEM 602. It is a 15/30pin edge connector with a 0.100" pitch between contacts. It also hasa notch in the card to prevent the connector being installed backwards.Any idea what the part number I need is and where I could buy it? Thereis no info regarding this in the documentation I received with the unit.It also appears that this series [4338 ??] of connector has been deemedobsolete by Molex.

	


  Check out the Molex data page on my website:



https://tinyurl.com/7t6jjsc



  Data there includes descriptions and photos

  of the 4338 series connectors and pins. Yeah,

  been out of production for a long time.



  Over the years I've had some luck finding

  connectors at surplus electronics shops

  but those opportunities are growing really

  skinny too.



  I do have a few pieces of work-around left

  over from the last few times I had your

  problem. You'll see some pictures on the website

  where a builder cut two larger connectors and

  spliced them together with JB Weld to achieve

  the proper pin-count.



  Sorry, not gold plated. Not crimped either . . . ran

  out of those pins about 15 years ago. However,

  I've used this technique at least twice to get

  one of these vintage radios up and running. You're

  welcome to a 1-1/2 12-pin connectors (pictured)

  to take a whack at this fix. Keeping half of

  a connector on hand will allow me to offer this

  fix at least one more time.

   Bob . . .



  Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If blackboxes

  survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane

  out of that stuff?"

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chaskuss(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:21 pm Post subject: Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602

Here is a link to what the rear of the GEM 602 looks like



<a href='https://postimg.cc/bs9GVP6d' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/VL3j6Ln9/Insight-GEM-602-rear-view-20220527-154618.jpg' border='0' alt='Insight-GEM-602-rear-view-20220527-154618'/></a>



Charlie

            

                                                                                        On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 07:53:13 PM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:                

                



                



                At 11:15 AM 5/28/2022, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  --> AeroElectric-List messageposted by: Charles Kuss <chaskuss(at)yahoo.com>



I need to buy the Molex connector for my Insight GEM 602. It is a 15/30pin edge connector with a 0.100" pitch between contacts. It also hasa notch in the card to prevent the connector being installed backwards.Any idea what the part number I need is and where I could buy it? Thereis no info regarding this in the documentation I received with the unit.It also appears that this series [4338 ??] of connector has been deemedobsolete by Molex.

	


  Check out the Molex data page on my website:



https://tinyurl.com/7t6jjsc



  Data there includes descriptions and photos

  of the 4338 series connectors and pins. Yeah,

  been out of production for a long time.



  Over the years I've had some luck finding

  connectors at surplus electronics shops

  but those opportunities are growing really

  skinny too.



  I do have a few pieces of work-around left

  over from the last few times I had your

  problem. You'll see some pictures on the website

  where a builder cut two larger connectors and

  spliced them together with JB Weld to achieve

  the proper pin-count.



  Sorry, not gold plated. Not crimped either . . . ran

  out of those pins about 15 years ago. However,

  I've used this technique at least twice to get

  one of these vintage radios up and running. You're

  welcome to a 1-1/2 12-pin connectors (pictured)

  to take a whack at this fix. Keeping half of

  a connector on hand will allow me to offer this

  fix at least one more time.

   Bob . . .



  Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If blackboxes

  survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane

  out of that stuff?"

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chaskuss(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:37 pm Post subject: Molex connector needed for my Insight GEM 602

Bob,

 Thank you for your kind offer. However, I don't think it will work. The connectors you show have a 3.96mm [.156"] pitch. My GEM 602 needs 2.54mm [.100"] pitch connector.



Charlie

            

                                                                                        On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 07:53:13 PM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:                

                



                



                At 11:15 AM 5/28/2022, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  --> AeroElectric-List messageposted by: Charles Kuss <chaskuss(at)yahoo.com>



I need to buy the Molex connector for my Insight GEM 602. It is a 15/30pin edge connector with a 0.100" pitch between contacts. It also hasa notch in the card to prevent the connector being installed backwards.Any idea what the part number I need is and where I could buy it? Thereis no info regarding this in the documentation I received with the unit.It also appears that this series [4338 ??] of connector has been deemedobsolete by Molex.

	


  Check out the Molex data page on my website:



https://tinyurl.com/7t6jjsc



  Data there includes descriptions and photos

  of the 4338 series connectors and pins. Yeah,

  been out of production for a long time.



  Over the years I've had some luck finding

  connectors at surplus electronics shops

  but those opportunities are growing really

  skinny too.



  I do have a few pieces of work-around left

  over from the last few times I had your

  problem. You'll see some pictures on the website

  where a builder cut two larger connectors and

  spliced them together with JB Weld to achieve

  the proper pin-count.



  Sorry, not gold plated. Not crimped either . . . ran

  out of those pins about 15 years ago. However,

  I've used this technique at least twice to get

  one of these vintage radios up and running. You're

  welcome to a 1-1/2 12-pin connectors (pictured)

  to take a whack at this fix. Keeping half of

  a connector on hand will allow me to offer this

  fix at least one more time.

   Bob . . .



  Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If blackboxes

  survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane

  out of that stuff?"

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