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Cable Identification

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  • 22-02-2019 2:45pm
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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭


    Anyone able to tell me what type of cable this is?

    I think it's a Molex 4 pin power cable but that's my best guess. Maybe someone can provide me an exact description & link for purchase?


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    You say 4 pin, but you can clearly see 5. Also, is it double row?


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    oLoonatic
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭oLoonatic


    What is it off, if you dont know. Why do you need it?? This is a very vague post.


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Completely impossible to say. What's the cable for? Is it coming off a power supply or what? What even is that, a PC, a car, some other electronic device?

    First cable looks like a power cable (to what, or from what, I don't know, but it's not any standard PC part anyway), 2nd is a standard 3-pin header (but again, connected to what, and from what, no idea).


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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Completely impossible to say. What's the cable for? Is it coming off a power supply or what? What even is that, a PC, a car, some other electronic device?

    First cable looks like a power cable (to what, or from what, I don't know, but it's not any standard PC part anyway), 2nd is a standard 3-pin header (but again, connected to what, and from what, no idea).

    Its from a vending machine. I think it's a power supply to a board but I don't physically have it in front of me.

    The 3 pin header is connected to the 5 pin molex (not sure if molex is the correct term)


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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    oLoonatic wrote: »
    What is it off, if you dont know. Why do you need it?? This is a very vague post.

    That's a vague question. What do you mean why do I need it?


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Danger Fourpence wrote: »
    That's a vague question. What do you mean why do I need it?

    Well if you had said something like 'I need to link a motherboard to a hard drive' it would help put it in context and thus easier for others to identify.


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    OP, your query was about a cable and not connectors as such. One end of the cable has multiple connectors and the other end only one?

    I assume this is a wiring loom you are really talking about which may be unique to your situation. Are you attempting to replace the wiring loom? Do you have a wiring diagram you could refer to?


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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    degsie wrote: »
    OP, your query was about a cable and not connectors as such. One end of the cable has multiple connectors and the other end only one?

    I assume this is a wiring loom you are really talking about which may be unique to your situation. Are you attempting to replace the wiring loom? Do you have a wiring diagram you could refer to?

    Yes, I inherited this item and am just messing about with it trying to figure out what makes it tick.

    You are correct in saying this is a wiring loom and it may actually be unique to me. I assumed it was one of those standard power cables you might find in an old PC.

    I don't have a wiring diagram but it looks like a simple enough fix. If I cut the wire behind the bread and re-head it with the current head it should be fine.

    A lot of non-technical jargon there. I'm just curious as to what makes the machine work and how I might go about fixing the wire. Are there special crimps for these kinds of wires do you know?


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    Twenty Grand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Twenty Grand


    Your best bet is to go to Farnell.com and have a look around the connector section.

    You should be able to narrow down the search to about 50 types.

    It's molex, it's got X number of pins, and there's y distance between the pins.

    That should narrow things down. There are special tools to put a metal crimp on the end of each wire that clicks into the plastic housing, but you can make do with pliers if you need to.


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