[sdiy] MTA 156 connector crimp pins

[David Brown]

I use the standard Tyco header, Mouser 571-3-640426-4, and solder the 
wires in.  I prefer those over the individual pins and housing.  I 
also solder the 0.100 connectors.  It's pretty easy and you have a 
really good cable assembly.

Dave

At 08:24 PM 6/20/2010, David G. Dixon wrote:
>Hey Team,
>
>Can anyone here tell me the preferred source for crimp pins for 0.156" power
>connectors?  I really like the ones Blacet uses ("AMP/Waldom" according to
>his website).  The ones I'm getting from my local shop are cheap crap from a
>very populous nation, famous for questionable merchandise, which shall
>remain unnamed, and they lose their shape, which is causing a loss of
>contact.  I've ripped all of the power cords out of my modular out of sheer
>frustration, and will not plug anything in again until I've replaced all of
>the crimp pins.
>
>Any help most heartily appreciated!
>
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