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I buy mine always on digikey.com. They have quite all connectors you can immagine...

Christian

If you want to use a connector that will plug into the CTIS connector there are some on the big "e" auction site. Just look up
451-00AC16-26P-50
 

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DigiKey is the best, particularly if you are sourcing electronic parts. If you buy off of, say E Auction sites, you are likely getting China rejects. No really!
 

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DigiKey is the best, particularly if you are sourcing electronic parts. If you buy off of, say E Auction sites, you are likely getting China rejects. No really!
You only get china stuff if you don't have a clue. No really... The connectors I got from the auction site are NOS Bendix made in the late 70s... 100% US made! At a price that can't be beat... Plus you get 3 US made NOS Bendix connectors. Isn't going to happen using Digikey, Mouser, or Newark!

Search that part number and you too will get see the NOS Bendix connectors. Made well before they where known to The State Of California to cause cancer. Also before RoHS and they still used lead solder. If you want to spend upwards of a 100 bucks for a connector from Digikey Et Al. its your money. Oh and the new stuff you get from digikey has a high probability of being made in china... No really... I see new MIL-C-26500 BACC45 aviation connectors that are made in China... Cinch comes to mind.
 
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You only get china stuff if you don't have a clue. No really... The connectors I got from the auction site are NOS Bendix made in the late 70s... 100% US made! At a price that can't be beat... Plus you get 3 US made NOS Bendix connectors. Isn't going to happen using Digikey, Mouser, or Newark!

Search that part number and you too will get see the NOS Bendix connectors. Made well before they where known to The State Of California to cause cancer. Also before RoHS and they still used lead solder. If you want to spend upwards of a 100 bucks for a connector from Digikey Et Al. its your money. Oh and the new stuff you get from digikey has a high probability of being made in china... No really... I see new MIL-C-26500 BACC45 aviation connectors that are made in China... Cinch comes to mind.
Did you have a bad day or something? I said electronic, not electrical. I considers those connectors ELECTRICAL. I'm talking about chips and IC's, SCRs, diodes, transistors, etc. . THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. It is WELL-DOCUMENTED that Chinese sourcing of EELCTRONIC parts can be hit or miss because they sell-off their quality rejects.. Sheesh....

Digi-Key has documented ISO channels. So do the others. I don't typically care where they come from, as long as the quality is there. I don't have time to deal with crap parts.

No really!
 
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