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eschlanser(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject: Whelen strobe connecter tools |
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Any suggestions on where to find Whelen strobe connecter tools? I have to remove the already installed AMP PCPS3 three pin strobe connecters to wire the wings. I think they are called Mate 'n Lock connecters. But there are a couple of kinds of Mate 'N Locks and the tools are different. Worse yet, Mouser's catalog didn't show these specific connecters(at least not by these numbers). The Radio Shack D-sub pin installation and extraction tools didn't work. I tried.
Eric Schlanser
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vaughnray(at)bvunet.net
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject: Whelen strobe connecter tools |
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I have found the Whelen folks to be very helpfull. Have you tried giving them a call.
Vaughn Teegarden
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dave(at)abrahamson.net
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 2:43 am Post subject: Whelen strobe connecter tools |
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I got the right tool from SteinAir, the SAT-018, which you'll find on
the "tools" page of the online store. That, plus the SAT-033 pin
extractor, and Bob's article at
http://aeroelectric.com/articles/matenlok/matenlok.html, and you're all set!
David
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bakerocb
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:22 am Post subject: Whelen strobe connecter tools |
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5/31/2007
Hello Eric, Consider this approach. Go to http://www.terminaltown.com/ and
order some new Molex connectors and pins (along with a few extras just in
case). Then cut off the factory installed connectors, snake your wires
through the wings, and install new pins and connectors using the stripping
and crimping tools that you already have.
You are right that there are different kinds of Mate 'n Lock connectors and
pins so that you need to be very precise in determining the connectors and
pins needed, but they are available.
Note that you can also buy the tool you asked about from them for about
$20.00. But I think that extra connectors and pins is a much more reasonable
and inexpensive solution.
When starting from scratch I think that the best way to handle the stobe
cable going from power supply in fuselage to light units in wings is to
start with which ever end already has the factory installed connector (I
don't remember which end that was right now -- I did that wiring a few years
ago). Then snake the cut end of the cable through the routing desired. Leave
some slack at the light end and a very generous service loop at the power
supply end -- no break or connector at the wing to fuselage junction. Then
if you ever have to remove a wing just disconnect the connector at the power
supply, cut the connector off, strip out the section of cable in the
fuselage going to the power supply and remove the wing. When it comes time
to reinstall wing, resnake the section of cable going to the power supply,
install pins and connectors from the spares that you wisely have on hand and
reconnect to the power supply.
'OC' Says: "The best investment we can make is the effort to gather and
understand knowledge."
PS: Be very accurate to get the right wires connected to the right pins. A
friend of mine got a little careless, crossed some wires, fried something,
and had to get Whelen factory help to repair the damage.
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Time: 07:05:43 PM PST US
From: Eric Schlanser <eschlanser(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Whelen strobe connecter tools
Any suggestions on where to find Whelen strobe connecter tools? I have to
remove
the already installed AMP PCPS3 three pin strobe connecters to wire the
wings.
I think they are called Mate 'n Lock connecters. But there are a couple of
kinds of Mate 'N Locks and the tools are different. Worse yet, Mouser's
catalog
didn't show these specific connecters(at least not by these numbers). The
Radio
Shack D-sub pin installation and extraction tools didn't work. I tried.
Eric Schlanser
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