Hot Plug Contacts

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Hypertronics patented Hot Plug contacts offer the high reliability
performance properties of the Hypertac contact, while allowing for
frequent engagement and disengagement of “live” electrical systems,
without causing system failures or other costly downtimes.

Hot Plug contacts are designed to ensure signal integrity under the
harsh electrical conditions present in such applications as power
supplies, power generators, AC/DC converters, telecommunications
systems and data communications systems. The contacts provide live
plug capability to over 50 mating cycles and are immune to the effects
of shock and vibration. They have low contact resistance and have
been tested to applicable sections of the UL1977 Safety Standard. 

Hot Plug contacts can be used alone or in combination with any
Hypertronics signal, power and coax contacts. The contacts are an
enhancement to Hypertronics L Series and N Series modular
connectors. Custom connectors can also be designed to incorporate
Hot Plug contacts.

Features and Benefits

• Live plug capability to over 50 mating cycles

• Hypertac high reliability sockets

• Immune to vibration

• Low contact resistance

• Silver plated pin and forward ring resists arc damage and reduces contact resistance

Hot Plug Contacts

Technical Specifications

• Pin Diameter: 2.00mm and larger

• Available Terminations: crimp, solder cup, straight dip

• Wire Size: 13 - 14 AWG

• Sacrificial forward ring on receptacle

• Spring loaded tip on plug

Qualifications Testing

• UL1977, section 15: Tested to 50 cycles under load

• EIA 64, test procedure 70: Rated to 28 Amps for non-hot 

plug applications

• UL1977, section 16 temperature rise: Rated to 16 Amps 

115V AC for hot plug applications (after 50 cycles)

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