Where do I get this Williams optical molex connector?

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Where do I get this Williams optical molex connector?

I need to install an optical switch in my White Water, but I cannot find the molex connection. Where do I find the male end of this connection?
 

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I'm not sure but that looks like a 0.062 (pin diameter) connector, check:
http://www.greatplainselectronics.com/products.asp?cat=51

The connector is just the housing, you'll need the pins too.
Is the part you're showing from the harness or the optical board? Are there a bunch of cut wires, where will you connect it to?
BTW - I assume that's the connector to the optical board, an 'optical connector' is an entirely different beast.

Jerry
 
Yah, sorry, the wire in the picture is coming from the optical board. What plugs into this are the optical sender and receiver. I found nothing but screw holes where the optical switch was suppose to be mounted. I ordered an optical sender and receiver from pinballlife, I just need the connector.

I'm going to give the part in your link a try. Their min is only $5 so for $7 I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't fit, with the $5 min order I just bought male and female pins so that will be it's new size. Thanks for your help.


I'm not sure but that looks like a 0.062 (pin diameter) connector, check:
http://www.greatplainselectronics.com/products.asp?cat=51

The connector is just the housing, you'll need the pins too.
Is the part you're showing from the harness or the optical board? Are there a bunch of cut wires, where will you connect it to?
BTW - I assume that's the connector to the optical board, an 'optical connector' is an entirely different beast.

Jerry
 
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Thanks for the heads up! I look at mouser and sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for on their site. I'm still baffled as to why someone would remove an optical switch, or how I'm going to mount it. Right now I might just take a pice of sheet metal, screw it down and mount the optos to that.... I'm not sure.

It IS a .062 molex and they are also available from www.mouser.com

This is the correct one even though the picture shows it having ears, it does not have ears. 538-03-06-1043

pins 538-02-06-1103
 
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