- Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:21 pm
#177686
I have a bag of 4P4C connectors, and I need to crimp a few of them onto a length of ribbon cable.
I have two kinds of ribbon cable in front of me, one is a 6-conductor/15-foot piece that I purchased from Sparkfun. The other is a 100-foot roll of very old (circa 1973) 25-conductor ribbon cable. The old stuff appears to have the correct spacing to insert into the 4P4C (caliper suggests 4+mm) while the newer cable measures 5.5mm for 4-conductors. The old cable is so old the insulation is brittle & cracking (but it's the correct spacing). The old ribbon cable measures 25mm across 25 conductors, while the new stuff looks like 8mm across 6 conductors. So I guess I need 4mm for 4 conductors (or something with that spacing that I can cut down).
Is this readily available in 2014 ?
I have two kinds of ribbon cable in front of me, one is a 6-conductor/15-foot piece that I purchased from Sparkfun. The other is a 100-foot roll of very old (circa 1973) 25-conductor ribbon cable. The old stuff appears to have the correct spacing to insert into the 4P4C (caliper suggests 4+mm) while the newer cable measures 5.5mm for 4-conductors. The old cable is so old the insulation is brittle & cracking (but it's the correct spacing). The old ribbon cable measures 25mm across 25 conductors, while the new stuff looks like 8mm across 6 conductors. So I guess I need 4mm for 4 conductors (or something with that spacing that I can cut down).
Is this readily available in 2014 ?
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