"Jim Adney" wrote ...
If you had checked the reference supplied, you would already
know that they ARE specd for 14ga. You guys must be buying
cheap power supplies.
I visited the Molex web site today. I could only find one version of
this connector, and it was a rather unusual IDC version which I have
never seen before. It is only made in 16, 18, 20, and 22 AWG versions.
I just went back and called up the URL you mentioned. It is a scan of
a fax from Molex Singapore marked proprietary in 1994. It mentions, as
you indicated, pin compatibility for 14, 16, 18, and 22AWG, but not
for 12AWG, which you also insisted on. It seems strange that it skips
20AWG, so I'm left wondering if there's a typo there and that the
range should have been 16 to 22AWG, the same as their IDC connector of
the same style.
I'm also wondering what the point would be of using wire that is good
for 15A with a connector that is only good for 10A.
Frankly, I think it's odd that Molex would have on its web site a scan
of a FAX clearly marked on every page, "This specification contains
Molex proprietary information and should not be used without written
permission."
Can you point me to the page on the Molex web site that sends one to
this fax? I couldn't even find the section on these standard power
connectors.
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