"kony" wrote in message
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You might check the following surplus sites (and ebay).
http://sales.goldmine-elec.com/
http://www.bgmicro.com/
http://www.allelectronics.com/
http://www.mpja.com/
http://www.excesssolutions.com/

Dont'forget Mendelson's www.meci.com

These outlets will often have very good prices, but sometimes it can be hard
to tell exactly what you are getting, and you cannot count on getting the
same thing from them next week.

I would suggest you call Digikey and Mouser and have them send you their
paper catalog. there are hundreds of very similar connectors, often with
very different prices. It is really hard using the web search for these
things to locate the best one for your purposes, although Digikey does have
a scheme where you can download parts of their catalog as pdf. Mouser
probaby does too. Mouser and Digikey seem to have a competition on who can
kill the most trees, though ... both of their catalogs are over 3000 pages.
You will not make friends with the mailman this way.

You will find that Mouser and Digikey tend to have different pricing, as
does Newark. The one that is cheaper for one thing often isn't cheaper for
another. I don't think Newark has a paper catalog, unfortunate because they
are often cheaper than Mouser and Digikey.

Also be aware that on these types of connectors you sometimes need to buy
the pins seperately from the housing.

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