Small connector for bicycle battery?

[Bill]

I am looking for some small connectors for my bicycle headlight battery,
regulator and bulb lead. They should be as small as possible and handle
1.5 amps. The one for the bulb and battery should have 2 contacts and
the regulator connector needs 3. Please let me know if you know of any
good connectors for this application.

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Thanks!

Bill

 

[Laceby.Man]

I used phono connectors successfully for 2 pin connectors on my bike.
John.

 

[Rich Webb]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 03:12:15 GMT, Bill <calbert7@mchsi.com> wrote:

I am looking for some small connectors for my bicycle headlight battery,
regulator and bulb lead. They should be as small as possible and handle
1.5 amps. The one for the bulb and battery should have 2 contacts and
the regulator connector needs 3. Please let me know if you know of any
good connectors for this application.

I'd use the Molex 1625 .062-series connectors. They're good up to
5 Amps in the 2- and 3-connector form factors, are polarized, and good
to 250 V isolation. Course, I already have a crimper and terminals so
maybe that's cheating...

Anyhow, go to www.molex.com and enter 1625 in the part number field to
go to the family page to look at them. Digikey carries them. Look for
Digikey p/n WM1220-ND and WM1230-ND for the 2-position version. You'll
need male and female terminals to crimp on, as well; see the pdf of the
catalog page.

Assuming you have the wire and have or can borrow an appropriate crimper
the whole deal should cost about $3, so get a couple extra.

Back when I was a serious bike commuter I used these with a Nightsun
12 volt lighting system in all *kinds* of weather with no problems.

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Rich Webb Norfolk, VA