can you id this connector?

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Topic: can you id this connector?

Posted By: jeem
Subject: can you id this connector?
Date Posted: December 06, 2010 at 8:17 PM

Hi all,

I installed a flip down monitor in my Honda Odyssey where the dome light used to be. The monitor includes a 'dome' light that I'd like to connect to the original dome light wiring.

Don't want to cut off the connector so I'm hoping to find the male connector to plug into the existing female connector. Can anyone tell me what this type of connector is called and where I can find a male part?

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Thanks

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Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: December 07, 2010 at 7:59 PM

Not sure how you would look that up..? If it is the wire in the car , i would guess the dealer or junk-yard would have it...? You could always just peel back some of the insulation and make your connections there... leaving the harness in-tact...! Is that the harness that plugs in to the "old" dome light...? Maybe you could use the portion from the dome-light and modify it to work for you(although thats alot of work)...

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Posted By: Ween
Date Posted: December 07, 2010 at 8:54 PM

hi,
take the dome light assembly with you to a car audio shop. ask if they have any old adapter harnesses for radios lying around...i know i do. see if you can find a male terminal pigtail that matches the dome light terminal in thickness and width. remove terminal pigtail from housing, repeat twice...choose colors close to the Honda's colors, if lucky. use heat shrink or tubing to insulate the unprotected portion of the terminal. glue the three terminals together, hot glue is my favorite. make connections to the aftermarket overhead unit.
mark

Posted By: oldspark
Date Posted: December 07, 2010 at 9:29 PM

Might you want something like...
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That's 2.54mm pitch (0.1"); there is also a 3.96mm version (~0.15").

They are common in PCs - eg, 2, 3 & 4 pin cooling fans.

EG - From Jaycar here, here & here (4-pin(sic) pictured).

PS - not modifying the existing wiring - priceless! (Long term - the extra trouble for translator interface wiring can be IMO well worth it!)

Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 12:10 AM

Don't cut the connector off - splice in to the wire 3" back from the connector.

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Kevin Pierson

Posted By: jeem
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 3:11 AM

Thanks oldspark and everyone else that posted. Splicing is the last resort. I've managed to install the monitor without making any irreversible mods to the van so I'm hoping to continue that.

I'll check out Jaycar for that connector oldspark.

Posted By: oldspark
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 4:00 AM

They are probably cheaper from scrap PCs or discarded fans....

Try computer shops etc.

There are also strips of "header pins" that can be used, eg:
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 5:48 AM

Desolder the socket from the old domelight. Solder wires to the socket. If you ever need to reinstall the original light, reverse the process.

Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 2:04 PM

Guess... problem solved...! Yeah...I guess sometimes i just need to step back and think outside the box(or the shop in this case)...Doing this as an install...The last thing we would have time to do is look-up/order that part...But thats what you're here for ...eyyyy...?

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M.E.C.P & First-Class
Go slow and drink lots of water...Procrastinators' Unite...Tomorrow!

Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Mr. I...Hello friend

The domelight mod was what i was getting at in the post...Guess i just wasnt specific enough...HOW ARE YOU...?

Oh...BTW...Stripping the insulation back is far from irreversible...But sounds like you have a gameplan now...!

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M.E.C.P & First-Class
Go slow and drink lots of water...Procrastinators' Unite...Tomorrow!

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Sorry Tommy, I did not catch the part where you suggested that. I have been doing well. I have been working way harder than usual. I have not been doing many repairs. I have a new duty at work. Managing the store is really not my cup of tea, but somebody has to do it.

Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 8:50 PM

No worries...Just sitting here wondering who makes the "shop idiot" a manager...? Good to hear there is still a paycheck coming in...! I went from owner to retired to manager of a buddies shop all within a year...But good to see/problem solve with ya again...Wish i could of been on more...But fate had other plans...Just picked up a few dealers if you want to fly in...We need some HELP...!

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M.E.C.P & First-Class
Go slow and drink lots of water...Procrastinators' Unite...Tomorrow!

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 08, 2010 at 10:53 PM

They don't know I'm an idiot. Let's keep that between you and I.