That's pretty much what I thought. Not doing
this professionally, my collection of cut off
connectors and depinned wires is rather
thin. Buying connector pigtails is great if I
can find them and don't mind waiting around for
an order. The aeswave set would be ideal, but as
you said, it's a bit expensive for occasional
home use. Perhaps there is a cheap imitation out
there that will work. Thanks.
At 11:21 AM 5/23/2024, David Scheidt wrote:
> > On May 23, 2024, at 00:00, Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> > I need access to the individual pins in
> automotive connectors. Sometimes there are
> other approaches like back probing that
> work. But other times I need to actually reach
> into the connector and connect to a pin or
> socket. Most recently I was working on the
> power running boards on my Ford Expedition. I
> wanted to apply 12 Volts to one particular pin
> and ground to a different pin to actuate the
> motor. Switching the two makes the motor
> operate in the other direction. That's how the
> running boards extend or retract. Fortunately,
> the two pins I needed were separated by an
> unused pin location and I was able to use some
> jumper wires with small alligator clips. That
> worked out, but if the pins had been adjacent I
> wouldn't have had enough room. I see there are
> some breakout wire sets available like this:
> https://www.amazon.com/HT306-Breakout-Leads-Diagnostic-Oscilliscope/dp/B07QXZ79J2.
>
> This particular one seems to be designed to
> connect to an oscilloscope, which is not my
> situation. There are also sets of automotive
> pins available like this:
> https://www.amazon.com/Connector-Terminal-Automotive-Electrical-Removal/dp/B0CRR3GGF1/ref=sr_1_3.
>
> I suppose I could make my own wires as
> needed. So, what do you guys use for these
> situations? Of course next time it will
> probably be a different car and pins will
> probably be a different size and/or shape. I
> am sure I won't have every possible size and
> type, but I'd like to be able to cover a lot of
> the possibilities. Have you found something that works for you? Thanks.
> >
>
>When I was working in a shop, we cut connectors
>off of things when we replaced them, with as
>long a tail as possible. They got used for
>testing, and I depinned connectors to have
>individual wires for testing etc. I often ended
>up having to make what I wanted.
>
>For some components, connector pig tails are
>available at reasonable price, those are great for this.
>
>If I were still working in a shop, I probably
>would spring for a connector kit from aeswave,
>or someone like that. It?s going to have bananas
>on the end, but that?s easy to deal with, with a
>banana to bare wire or crocodile clip. They are expensive kits, though.
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