Small Magnetic Connectors
revised d. bodnar 9-22-2015
It is sometimes easier to have connectors that
automatically "latch" together using magnets. The problem with attaching wires to magnets is that you should not solder to magnets as high temperature, even for a moment, will decrease or eliminate the magnet's ability to attract. (See: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/faq.asp#weld ) I pondered this a bit this morning and came up with a method that works for me. |
This video shows a 3 conductor servo cable
with magnetic connectors.
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Materials:
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Putting them together Cut a piece of brass tubing about 1/2 the length of the magnet. Put the stripped end of the stranded wire through the brass tubing then press fit the magnet into the tube pinching the wire. Cover most of the end with heat shrink tubing. Remember to make one end the opposite pole from the other so they will stick! Here I joined three conductors to operate a servo. The poles are set so that they will not stick together other than yellow to yellow, red to red and black to black. As you can see the resistance across the joint is very low (0.09 ohms)
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