Looking for a right angle power adapter (tight space)

[dg]

Can anybody point me to a source of drive power adapters? In particular, I
am looking for an adapter with a straight female receptacle and a right
angle male plug. The standard power plug from the power supply might be too
long in this particular case. I think a right angle adapter could make the
difference between fitting and not fitting a long drive into a machine.

THANKS!
--Dan

 

[Arno Wagner]

Can anybody point me to a source of drive power adapters? In particular, I
am looking for an adapter with a straight female receptacle and a right
angle male plug. The standard power plug from the power supply might be too
long in this particular case. I think a right angle adapter could make the
difference between fitting and not fitting a long drive into a machine.

Sun uses some angled connectors in their machines (or used to).
Maybe you can get one from a scrap heap. They definitely
exist.

Arno

 

[Peter Hucker]

Sun uses some angled connectors in their machines (or used to).
Maybe you can get one from a scrap heap. They definitely
exist.

I've seen some old 8086 machines (I can't remember the make) which had all the connectors clamped sideways onto the power cable, in a similar manner to IDE ribons.


--
FOURTEEN - CHECK OUT THE BABY! parrots and rising http://www.petersparrots.com
93 silly video clips http://www.insanevideoclips.com
1259 digital photos http://www.petersphotos.com
Served from a pentawatercooled dual 2.8GHz silent Athlon with half TB RAID.

A Smith and Wesson beats four Aces.

 

[Al Dykes]

I've seen some old 8086 machines (I can't remember the make) which had all the connectors clamped sideways onto the power cable, in a similar manner to IDE ribons.

You might have to solder up a cable adapter yourself. These connectors used to
be called "molex" brand, The electronics parts destributers probably have the parts.
Try Digikey.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Sun uses some angled connectors in their machines (or used to).
Maybe you can get one from a scrap heap. They definitely
exist.

[/QUOTE]

I've seen some old 8086 machines (I can't remember the make) which
had all the connectors clamped sideways onto the power cable, in a
similar manner to IDE ribons.

Yes, that is the type of connector I have also seen in some Suns.

Arno

 

[dg]

Damn it, I just scrapped a sun within the last couple months. I did get a
great SCSI card out of it and 512MB of memory for ebay! Lots of people buy
sun parts on ebay so keep that in mind when scrapping sun machines.

--Dan

 

[Eli]

Can anybody point me to a source of drive power adapters? In particular, I
am looking for an adapter with a straight female receptacle and a right
angle male plug. The standard power plug from the power supply might be too
long in this particular case. I think a right angle adapter could make the
difference between fitting and not fitting a long drive into a machine.

Something like this?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=159

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod1278.htm

Not adapters, but 90 degree t-connectors.

 

[dg]

Exactly what I am looking for. The red self crimping ends could not be more
perfect, I can just hack off the old power connector and install the fancy
new one. No need to clutter up the case with adapters!

Thanks,
--Dan