dukegrad98
10-25-2023, 09:18 AM
Hello, gents -- I've got an obscure question, but if I've learned anything over twenty years of hanging out with Factory Five enthusiasts, it's that this group collectively knows everything. So here goes... I'd appreciate some help identifying the electrical connector pictured in the attachments.
For context, this is a very small battery connector, attached to a lithium-ion pack from a first-generation Ring doorbell. It measures about 6.25mm in width, and about 1.3mm thick. There are five pins, and my calipers seem to confirm what you basically have to deduce from the connector size -- 1mm pin spacing. I've gone through the online catalogs at Newark, Digikey, Molex, etc., and I've found one or two things that seem pretty similar, but nothing I'm convinced is this connector. There's no reason in the world for it to be proprietary, so I'm convinced I just haven't run the right search or found the right resource yet.
As luck would have it, I have many hundreds of these things sitting in my barn. If I can identify the connector (and its associated mate), I can design a simple PCB that will allow me to quick-plug a whole bunch of them in serial and parallel to create a battery bank of meaningful capacity. (I could do the same thing by cutting the connectors off and soldering all those teeny-tiny wires, but to quote Sweet Brown, "ain't nobody got time for that!")
Any and all help and tips appreciated! Thanks.
Cheers, John
For context, this is a very small battery connector, attached to a lithium-ion pack from a first-generation Ring doorbell. It measures about 6.25mm in width, and about 1.3mm thick. There are five pins, and my calipers seem to confirm what you basically have to deduce from the connector size -- 1mm pin spacing. I've gone through the online catalogs at Newark, Digikey, Molex, etc., and I've found one or two things that seem pretty similar, but nothing I'm convinced is this connector. There's no reason in the world for it to be proprietary, so I'm convinced I just haven't run the right search or found the right resource yet.
As luck would have it, I have many hundreds of these things sitting in my barn. If I can identify the connector (and its associated mate), I can design a simple PCB that will allow me to quick-plug a whole bunch of them in serial and parallel to create a battery bank of meaningful capacity. (I could do the same thing by cutting the connectors off and soldering all those teeny-tiny wires, but to quote Sweet Brown, "ain't nobody got time for that!")
Any and all help and tips appreciated! Thanks.
Cheers, John