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Old 07-10-2012, 12:21 PM
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I investigated Molex connectors when restoring my second Predicta, and decided that the drawbacks outweighed the convenience. In this article, scroll down to "Adding Quick Disconnects to the PC Board:"

http://antiqueradio.org/PhilcoH3412L...Television.htm

The boards on this TV don't have quite as many connectors, so they wouldn't get quite as cluttered as a Predicta. On the other hand, that means they are not as big a chore to remove in the first place.

By coincidence, yesterday I was in a hobby store, and as I suspected, they have a variety of teeny electrical connectors for RC applications. The only ones that looked good for this purpose are very small, round male/female connectors. They were quite expensive, of course. And they offer no real advantage over using a female Molex .062 connector as mentioned in the article.

When you service a board like this, I definitely recommend soldering the old wire-wrap leads back onto the pins.

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