{"id":5200,"date":"2022-08-30T08:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clooms.com\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2023-01-16T07:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T07:09:09","slug":"mil-spec-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clooms.com\/mil-spec-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"MIL-SPEC Connectors: All things you Need to Know About Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This post will hopefully clear some of the air surrounding the MIL-SPEC Connectors. Recently, the aftermarket automotive industry has started using Mil-Spec when marketing wiring harnesses connectors. So consumers believe that regular automotive connectors are “MIL-SPEC” because they are marketed and sold.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
You may hear Military Connectors as “MIL-STD” or “MIL-SPEC” connectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mil-spec circular connectors have found use other than military applications in aviation, industry, shipping, and even the automobile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In such connectors, at least one of the connection pieces, or its contacts, should be floating to decrease mechanical strains. Moreover, these connectors typically come in pairs with either male (pin) or female (socket) contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contacts in electrical connectors are made up of Beryllium copper (BeCu<\/a>) or Phosphor bronze<\/a>. The manufacturers coat them with a layer of gold or another non-corrosive, highly conductive metal. Additionally, Mansel Glass<\/a> serves as the dielectric insulator that surrounds the contacts inside the enclosure (i.e., the shell) of aluminum with a coating for corrosion protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n