# Plug Question

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731>\
**Category:** Parts & Files\
**Created:** [January 11, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731 "2018-01-11T01:32:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![MatthewMccroskery](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/matthewmccroskery/32/67358_2.png) [@MatthewMccroskery](https://community.inventables.com/u/MatthewMccroskery)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/1 "2018-01-11T01:32:51Z")

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HI.  
Can someone please tell me what kind of plug goes in here?  
Thanks.  
 ![PLUG](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/6/1/61842bd3221a732e8e0f252014a811bbaefe0506.png)

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**Author:** ![NeilFerreri1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/neilferreri1/32/84403_2.png) [@NeilFerreri1](https://community.inventables.com/u/NeilFerreri1)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/2 "2018-01-11T03:16:47Z")

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Pretty sure it’s a 3.5mm pitch pluggable screw terminal.  
[https://www.mouser.com/Mobile/Connectors/Terminal-Blocks/Pluggable-Terminal-Blocks/\_/N-7rqe3/?P=1z0wxmnZ1yx0y8x](https://www.mouser.com/Mobile/Connectors/Terminal-Blocks/Pluggable-Terminal-Blocks/_/N-7rqe3/?P=1z0wxmnZ1yx0y8x)

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**Author:** ![LarryM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/larrym/32/51450_2.png) [@LarryM](https://community.inventables.com/u/LarryM)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/6 "2018-01-11T04:13:10Z")

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Check this one.

[https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Screw-Terminal-Block-5-08mm/dp/B012SOMVT8/ref=sr\_1\_85?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1515643687&sr=1-85&keywords=Pluggable+Terminal+Block](https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Screw-Terminal-Block-5-08mm/dp/B012SOMVT8/ref=sr_1_85?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1515643687&sr=1-85&keywords=Pluggable+Terminal+Block)

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**Author:** ![JustinBusby](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/justinbusby/32/30906_2.png) [@JustinBusby](https://community.inventables.com/u/JustinBusby)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/7 "2018-01-11T04:25:36Z")

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3.5mm, 7 conductor, 14-30 AWG plug.

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**Author:** ![KennethConnell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/kennethconnell/32/85307_2.png) [@KennethConnell](https://community.inventables.com/u/KennethConnell)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/8 "2018-01-11T04:33:13Z")

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> [@JustinBusby](#):
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> 3.5mm, 7 conductor, 14-30 AWG plug.

ahhhhaaa.

the beauty of open source.

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**Author:** ![LarryM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/larrym/32/51450_2.png) [@LarryM](https://community.inventables.com/u/LarryM)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/11 "2018-01-11T13:32:52Z")

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I haven’t actually used any of these, but from various manufacturer’s datasheets it appears that they are not stackable.

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**Author:** ![darrin1200](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/darrin1200/32/85480_2.png) [@darrin1200](https://community.inventables.com/u/darrin1200)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/12 "2018-01-11T13:34:54Z")

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[https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/9?u=darrin1200](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/9)

If its a new Xcontroller, it should have come with one. I just recieved and assembled mine before Christmas, and it included all 4 plugs. I actually just hooked up an Iot Relay to that very plug.

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**Author:** ![ChrisWeiss](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/chrisweiss/32/76792_2.png) [@ChrisWeiss](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisWeiss)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/14 "2019-10-01T00:42:59Z")

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Note - that one is 5.08mm pitch, it will not fit the X-controller!

Also, I have 10 of those if anyone needs one 🙂

I’m having a bitch of a time sourcing the 3.5mm kind that doesn’t involve a slow boat and 3 weeks wait.

Why couldnt they have gone with the 5.08mm version that’s all over the place…

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**Author:** ![HaldorLonningdal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/haldorlonningdal/32/72377_2.png) [@HaldorLonningdal](https://community.inventables.com/u/HaldorLonningdal)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 6:07am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/15 "2019-10-01T06:07:42Z")

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I dont have the Xcontroller so dont know the plug dimensions for that one - but for those who use other drivers like DM542 and the likes need the 3.81mm pitch plugs.  
Add some ferrules to that and you are good to go 🙂

[https://www.digikey.no/products/en/connectors-interconnects/terminal-blocks-headers-plugs-and-sockets/370?k=&pkeyword=&sv=0&pv89=92&sf=0&FV=fff40016%2Cfff803be%2C2dc1f64%2C2dc1f65%2C2dc1f66%2C2dc1f67%2C2dc1f68%2C2dc1f69%2C2dc1f6a%2C2dc1f6b%2C2dc1f6c%2C2dc1f6d&quantity=&ColumnSort=0&page=1&pageSize=25](https://www.digikey.no/products/en/connectors-interconnects/terminal-blocks-headers-plugs-and-sockets/370?k=&pkeyword=&sv=0&pv89=92&sf=0&FV=fff40016%2Cfff803be%2C2dc1f64%2C2dc1f65%2C2dc1f66%2C2dc1f67%2C2dc1f68%2C2dc1f69%2C2dc1f6a%2C2dc1f6b%2C2dc1f6c%2C2dc1f6d&quantity=&ColumnSort=0&page=1&pageSize=25)

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**Author:** ![AndrewTheken](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/andrewtheken/32/67234_2.png) [@AndrewTheken](https://community.inventables.com/u/AndrewTheken)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/16 "2019-12-07T23:41:19Z")

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Based on the information in this thread:

3.5mm pitch, 7position Phoenix Contact connector, I found this product on digi-key:

[https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/phoenix-contact/1840418/277-5770-ND/2527983](https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/phoenix-contact/1840418/277-5770-ND/2527983)

It’ll arrive in a few days, hopefully I can confirm this works with the xcontroller.

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**Author:** ![EderMarinez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/edermarinez/32/68486_2.png) [@EderMarinez](https://community.inventables.com/u/EderMarinez)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/plug-question/48731/17 "2020-11-28T23:33:27Z")

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Did it work?
