4 pole signal Anderson conectors

[timytamy]

Today I was at our local electronics shop and found they stocked these strange types of andersons.

See the two right connectors: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...d=14423147 04

As you can see, they are a quite different to the normal. They have two male and two female pins, which are placed into a locater that is then inserted into a housing. The housing itself is very similar to a standard anderson (included in the pic on the left) but has holes and guides for the four pins. The housing also does not inclued a full trapezoid locking features, instead having a small raised section on the relevant sides.

I'm not sure of the correct crimping tool. The female pin appears to have a mil-spec colour code on it, but I'm not overly familiar with what the colours mean. The male pin (which I'll asume uses the same tooling) dosen't appear to have any markings.

Due to the geometry, you can't use all four pins and have completely "genderless" connectors. as the top and bottom rows will connect with eachother. However if the top and bottom row were wired in parralel, then you could have a two-pole "genderless" connector.

I was thinking of trying to use these for CAN connections (ie on the Talon SRXs) but I'm not sure if given the need to parralel the top and bottom rows, as well as the lack of locking features is worth it.

What does everyone else think?

Also, if anyone has any other info, please let me know.