Oooooh!! THAT's what they mean by 'male' and 'female'. I get it! :^)) My 732A has male pins on the battery module and female sockets on the mating connector/plug.
BTW, the mating connector is not easy to find. Several phone calls to Fluke led me to Fluke Item Number 2181497, Description: 100-166, PLUG - MALE, H. I ordered two but all that arrived was the shell, no contacts. I tried calling Fluke but was unable to find anyone that had a clue about the plug or it's contacts. Perhaps I'll try again when I get some spare time to spend another hour on the phone. An effort with the Hypertronics website led to P/N D01PB306FSTAH which is the mating plug for the Fluke 732A, contacts and all. The plug is composed of two components: HYP D01PB306NT, PLUG, 3P BLACK, and HYP YSK006-010ANH, SOCKET, SOLDER CUP 50 UIN, but it is ordered with the P/N listed. I found them at Kensington Electronics in Austin, TX, with a minimum $50 order. I ordered 6 after reviewing the specifics with the sales person who confirmed that I had the correct part number. They work perfectly. I have some spares if anyone is interested. If you wanted male contacts for the mating plug for the 732A, as best I can tell, the P/N would be D01PB306MSTH. The 'TAH' relates to 50 uin gold over nickel plating over female sockets and the 'TH' relates to 50 uin gold over nickel plating over male pins. A little time with the data sheet for the Hypertronics connectors should make it all clear. Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Steinmetz Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:47 PM To: VoltNuts Subject: [volt-nuts] Question for Fluke 732A owners Fluke used two different connector schemes for the DC input on 732A battery packs. The oldest units have a pair of banana jacks, and later units use a 3-pin connector made by Hypertronics. My question concerns only the latter (732A battery packs with the Hypertronics connectors). The Hypertronics contacts are interchangeable between the panel mount connector body and the plug body. It is customary to build the panel mount connectors with female contacts, and the plugs with male contacts. However, it appears that Fluke may have made at least some 732A battery packs with male contacts in the panel mount connectors. I'd be interested to know what is out there in the field. If you have a 732A battery module with the Hypertronics 3-pin connector, could you please look at the connector and let me know if the contacts are male or female? Just to be painfully clear, I'm referring to the gold-plated metal contacts only, not to the black plastic parts of the connector. The gold-plated metal contacts can be male (i.e., the metal part you can see is a solid pin) or female (i.e., the metal part you can see is a hole that will accept a pin). Thank you, Charles _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
