These expensive and exotic connectors are nice but are over kill for most projects which live their entire lives on a lab bench and never fly to Mars or even Low Earth Orbit.
I found out about "GX" style connectors a while back. They are multi-pin circular connectors with screw down locking rings with from 2 to 8 poles and size either 12mm or 16mm diameter They are not suitable for use on airplanes or the like but good enough for machine tools and any hobby project that needs straight (no coax) pins that are rated to 5 amps continuous. The really good part is the cost. About $1 per mated pair. Find them on eBay searching for gx16 for the 16mm version of gx12 for the smaller one. here is an example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pcs-8-Pin-16mm-GX16-8 <http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pcs-8-Pin-16mm-GX16-8-Aviation-Plug-Power-Chassis-Male-Female-Panel-Connector-/272702764391?hash=item3f7e59f567:g:UA8AAOSwi7RZNQDE> I think these win the bang per buck contest. For a buck each, these are not machined from brass, I think molded pot metal and chromed. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.