Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread gene glick
John Luciani wrote: I am looking for a low profile wire to board connector - either two contacts 5A per contact or four contacts 2.5A per contact. I need a temperature rating of at least 110degC (preferable 120degC). UL recognized is required. Being able to remove the wires would be nice but

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread Karl Hammar
John Luciani: I am looking for a low profile wire to board connector - either two contacts 5A per contact or four contacts 2.5A per contact. I need a temperature rating of at least 110degC (preferable 120degC). UL recognized is required.

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Griessen
On 02/11/2011 08:30 PM, John Luciani wrote: Being able to remove the wires would be nice but is not a requirement. We have been able to find 105degC rated connectors but nothing higher yet. Rig up a discharge spot welder and weld your wires to pads with enough area to take the welding heat and

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Griessen
On 02/12/2011 12:57 PM, John Griessen wrote: Seems really hard to find 1.25A rated and small wire to board...for your 4 wire version... John Oh, you wanted 2.5A per wire minimum...even harder to find...but my mind finally kicked in gear search engine-wise:

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Luciani
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. The Phoenix style are a bit too tall. The Omnetics are too expensive but the Omnetics site did mention the materials that the 125degC and 200degC rated were made of so I was able to find parts at Tyco and Molex with the high temp materials. I had

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread Steven Michalske
What about just soldering the wires? On Feb 12, 2011, at 12:52 PM, John Luciani jluci...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. The Phoenix style are a bit too tall. The Omnetics are too expensive but the Omnetics site did mention the materials that the 125degC and

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread Steven Michalske
Or 1/4 inch quick disconnects. On Feb 12, 2011, at 12:52 PM, John Luciani jluci...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. The Phoenix style are a bit too tall. The Omnetics are too expensive but the Omnetics site did mention the materials that the 125degC and 200degC

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Luciani
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Steven Michalske smichal...@gmail.com wrote: Or 1/4 inch quick disconnects. What about just soldering the wires? This is for volume production of MCPCB. Connectors are preferred. Are 1/4 inch quick disconnects the same as faston tabs? The vertical tabs are too

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Griessen
On 02/12/2011 03:57 PM, John Luciani wrote: The vertical tabs are too tall. Not sure about machine placeable R/A SMD tabs. You know what a low profile spade connector would look like? It would be a flat bar of copper, plated with tin, and with a dogleg bend in it -- very machine placeable...at

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Griessen
On 02/12/2011 06:00 PM, John Griessen wrote: You know what a low profile spade connector would look like? It would be a flat bar of copper, plated with tin, and with a dogleg bend in it -- very machine placeable...at just the right spot near the edge of a board. You could also make a milled

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-12 Thread John Luciani
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM, John Griessen j...@ecosensory.com wrote: PS  the Zierick IDC connectors are all copper, and reflowable, so they can do 150 deg C forever.  Copper doesn't have any annealing properties that change any lower than 400 deg F I am sure.  Tin is also good at 400

gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-11 Thread John Luciani
I am looking for a low profile wire to board connector - either two contacts 5A per contact or four contacts 2.5A per contact. I need a temperature rating of at least 110degC (preferable 120degC). UL recognized is required. Being able to remove the wires would be nice but is not a requirement. We

Re: gEDA-user: OT: High Temperature Connector

2011-02-11 Thread Steven Michalske
Might look into Phoenix contact and their reflow capable parts. On Feb 11, 2011, at 6:30 PM, John Luciani jluci...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for a low profile wire to board connector - either two contacts 5A per contact or four contacts 2.5A per contact. I need a temperature rating of