October 31, 2018 at 7:53 am
Hello
I would appreciate it if perhaps a forum member might be able to help identify the type of sockets used in the attached photograph.
The control unit came from a Merlin helicopter and I am trying to find the matching plugs – The lugs inside the sockets although of the same type are not set at the same angles – I thought they were almost a Plessey type but wondered if they might be a Boeing type as the switches inside the unit were made in California,
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By: Smokeyone - 31st October 2018 at 15:34
Thank you for all the suggestions – plenty of ideas – thanks again
By: smirky - 31st October 2018 at 11:20
Suggestions (most costly first)
1. Farnell have loads of “mil spec equivalent” connectors – you will need both halves
2. You may be able to find some on ebay if you look long enough – make sure you get both halves. There were some cheap brand new ones fromthe Far East as well as surplus.
3. Replace the back panel with a new made one and use D connectors – very low cost
By: Smokeyone - 31st October 2018 at 10:31
Thank you for the update – just checked the costings – £60 to £90 each and that was for a standard off the shelf plug – have you a suggestion for a more reasonably priced commercial equalivant
By: smirky - 31st October 2018 at 09:55
I think they may be MIL-C-22992. They will be very costly, expecially with non-standard keyways which will probably be machined out of solid to order. (There is usually a default keyway for most people but the specials are an even smaller market.) If you are not going to fit it back into the Merlin then I would swallow your pride and hot wire it, or for a high class job, remove them and fit low cost commercial equaivalents in the same holes.
By: Smokeyone - 31st October 2018 at 09:11
Thank you for the suggestion – I checked a few images on Google and they could be – but did not find any with the same sort of outside thread as mine – my thread is course with flat edges – but I’ll keep looking –
By: windhover - 31st October 2018 at 08:22
They look very much like standard Amphenol
panel plugs .