MIL-DTL-12883/40F
REQUIREMENTS:
Dimensions and configurations: See figures 1, 2, 3, and table I.
Insulator: Diallyl phthalate, in accordance with ASTM D5948, type SDG-F, or any glass filled
thermoplastic material in accordance with ASTM D5204.
Color: Material color shall be optional providing that the color provides a contrasting background for
the blue sealing grommet or blue color bands indicating rear release contacts.
Grommet: Silicon rubber.
Mounting hardware: Corrosion resistant steel or steel with cadmium/chromate finish.
Electrical:
Insulation resistance: 1,000 megohms minimum. Test pin diameter, size 16: .0620 + .0010 inch
(1.575 + 0.025 mm).
Dielectric withstanding voltage:
Sea level: Test voltage: 1,500 V rms. Test pin diameter, size 16, .0620 + 0.0010 inch
(1.575 + 0.025 mm).
High altitude: 80,000 feet (24,385 meters): Test voltage: 500 V rms. Test pin diameter, size 16:
.0620 + 0.0010 inch (1.575 + 0.025 mm).
Contact resistance: Contacts shall be removable crimp type in accordance with MIL-C-39029/92,
MIL-C-39029/5 (see table I).
TABLE I. Dash numbers and configurations.
Contact
Contact size
Number
Mating relay
designation
Dash
Mounting
of
Mating
Wire
M39029
number
style
contacts
end
barrel
M83536/15-022, /16-022, /16-031,
Loose stud
16
16
14
/5 116
01
1/ M83726/1, /2, /3, /4, /28, /29,
(figure 2)
/30, /31, MS27709-2
M83536/17-002, /17-005
Loose stud
16
16
14
/5 116
02
(figure 2)
To be determined.
Loose stud
16
16
14
/5 116
03
(figure 2)
To be determined
Loose stud
16
16
14
/5 116
04
(figure 2)
Loose stud
M83536/15-022, /16-022, /16-031,
20
16
05
14
/5 117
(figure 2)
1/ M83726/1, /2, /3, /4, /28, /29,
2/
/30, /31, MS27709-2
See footnotes at end of table.
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