Tyco Electronics represented in Australia by Soanar, has introduced a poke-in connector for the LED lighting market. The new poke-in connector is a low profile, surface mount (SMT), two-position connector ideally suited for use in PCB-based LED strings, lighting controls, and other applications that can benefit from an easy poke-in wire termination to the PCB.
Typical applications:
- LED channel letter lighting strips
- General illumination LED fixtures
- Backlight engines
- Outdoor LED Street and walkway lighting
- Architectural cove and valence lighting
- Digital signage
Poke-in connector offers quick and reliable wire termination as a low-labour alternative to hand-soldering wires particularly when used with single-sided aluminium clad circuit boards.
The Poke-in LED connectors are available in tape and reel packages for high speed SMT processing equipment and the high temperature plastic housing is reflow solder process compatible.
Soanar is stocking the SMT version; Part number is 1954097-1. Less than reel quantities are also offered via Soanar Plus under the part number PPP901.
The RoHS compliant connector incorporates tin over nickel plated copper alloy contacts with a UL94-V0 rated high temperature thermoplastic housing. Packaged in reels of 1,000 the tape & reel packaging conforms to ANSI/EIA Standard 481-C
Although optimised for use with 18AWG 6 through 16 strand wire, the Poke-in LED connectors also accepts 18 through 22 AWG solid wire as well as 18 through 20 AWG pre-bond stranded wire. The connector is UL c/UL recognised for 4A at 48VDC and 4A at 250VAC. Mechanical wire retention is rated for five pounds minimum.