shopping for a 50 pin (telcom?) connector for IP65

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Does anyone know of a bulkhead mountable IP65 rated 50 pin connector with either screw terminals or cage clamp (for field install by electrician)? I'm limited to using a 24 AWG wire as well. Did find that Harting had a product (some assy required) but at a cost of over $2k per set (female bulkhead and male at cable end). Why doesn't everyone want what I want?:weeping: I mentioned Telcom in the title, but only because it's a telcom cable. This is not a telcom install. Will carry 2 amps power, ethernet and some analog.
Suggestions or even manufacturers appreciated.
 
You say a lot except the most important part. What does this connector look like? There has to be literally a million 50 pin connectors. The only telecom connector I'm familiar with in that size is the Amphenol.

Pictures please.

-Hal
 
If, and it's a big IF, you're taking about a 50-pin/25-pair "micro-ribbon" telco connector (aka "amphenol"), they're almost never packaged with screw terminals. OTOH they're common as dirt attached to 66- or 110-type punch-down terminals.

Really need a picture or better idea of what you're talking about.
 
Shopping for a 50 pin (telcom?) connector for IP65

Shopping for a 50 pin (telcom?) connector for IP65

All. Thanks for the responses of course. A lot of requests for pics, but the issue is there seems to be no animal available with all the qualifications (50 or more pins, terminal or cage clamp connection for field wiring, 24 gauge wire, IP65 rating), therefore no picture. I've talked with Harting, who gave me a very expensive solution. I've been to Molex, TE/Tyco/Amp and done detailed searches on DigiKey and Mouser. Our customer wants to take the Telcom cable (50 cond 24 AWG, round, PVC jacket) and terminate it in a connector to be eventually mated to a bulkhead, presumably on an enclosure in the basement of a high rise. I do have a solution that involves terminating in a standard Telcom (attached), but there is no IP rating and therefore, cannot do a bulkhead to side of enclosure. Connection would have to be made inside, which makes our customer frown.
 

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Any reason why the standard Harting 24B housings and 64 pin connectors wouldn't be suitable? You would probably need to use crimp terminals rather than screw terminals.

Just to be clear, you don't need a specific 50 pin connector; you are looking for an IP-65 rated 50 pin connector and will adjust your design to fit the connector?

-Jon
 
Our customer wants to take the Telcom cable (50 cond 24 AWG, round, PVC jacket) and terminate it in a connector to be eventually mated to a bulkhead, presumably on an enclosure in the basement of a high rise.
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WHAT??? In the basement of a high rise? Why on earth does it need to be environmentally protected? Those Amphenol connectors have been in use in environments like that since the 50's for every telco application that there is. If it was good enough for Western Electric it's good enough for you.

You can get cables such as you mention pre-made with Amphenols on the end for dirt because they are used everyday. For the mating "bulkhead" chassis mount connectors any of the electronic supply houses stock them BUT they are going to have solder terminals. I'm going to assume here that the device these will be used on will be made in a shop so that shouldn't be a problem. Somebody is going to need to learn to solder. :happyyes:

And by the way, that Amphenol in your picture can be field terminated with the Amphenol butterfly tool, about $2000 if you can find one. Much easier and cheaper to buy cables pre-terminated.

-Hal
 
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Will carry 2 amps power, ethernet and some analog.
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You might run into some issues with the Ethernet requirement. You can't just cram Ethernet through some pins and expect it to be a reliable connection. 50-pin Amphenol style plugs can be CAT-5 rated which makes them qualified for 100 mbit. Nobody makes CAT-5e or better Amphenols so gigabit is a gamble.

One of the more common plugs for high count and environmental protection is the Cannon plug:

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