[Shop-talk] automotive connector breakout wires

[Steven Trovato]

Power probe is great.  I have one.  In my case I needed to apply 12V 
to one pin and ground to another.  Then switch which pin got which to 
reverse.  Would almost need two power probes.  And the real problem 
is getting the 12V and ground to the pins.  I'm not steady enough to 
freehand the probe tip into the connector to the correct pin, 
especially if hitting the wrong pin or bridging two together might 
have bad consequences.

At 08:19 AM 5/23/2024, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>Steven
>
>Not sure this is the perfect solution to your problem, but the power probe...
><https://www.powerprobe.com/>https://www.powerprobe.com/
>can offer both +12vdc and -12vdc with one pin (among a massive 
>amount of other features.)
>
>It ain't cheap, but it is an amazing tool that will help with all 
>electrical work on vehicles.
>
>Moose
>
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>From:        Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net>
>To:        Shop-talk at autox.team.net
>Date:        05/23/2024 12:54 AM
>Subject:        [Shop-talk] automotive connector breakout wires
>Sent by:        "Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net>
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>
>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>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>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.
>
>-Steve T.
>
>
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