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Deutsch Autosport AS 26-Way Plug — Pin (Male) — Blue Key (B)

The Deutsch Autosport AS 26-Way Plug Pin (Male) Connector with Blue (B) Keying Insert — SKU: AS616-26SB is a professional MIL-spec-grade Deutsch Autosport AS series connector for medium-high-density ECU harness sub-connectors, complex PDM output interfaces, and multi-circuit race car loom separable points in race cars and high-performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. As a plug connector, the 26-way AS provides a free medium-high-density cable-mounted plug half — the removable side of 26-circuit ECU sensor sub-loom joins and PDM complex output interfaces.

Deutsch Autosport AS 26-Way — Series Design and Circuit Application

The Deutsch Autosport AS series is the professional standard circular connector format for motorsport wiring — featuring an aluminium alloy shell machined to MIL-spec tolerances, gold-plated contact interfaces for consistent low-resistance electrical performance across the connector’s service life, and a positive push-pull locking mechanism that holds secure under sustained race vibration and rapid connector cycling at service intervals. The 26-way AS sits between the common 22-way and the larger 29 or 32-way — used when 22 circuits are insufficient and a circuit count step-up is required without moving to the larger shell of the 32-way.

Pin (Male) — 26-Circuit Contact Array

This listing is the pin half of the 26-way AS plug pair. Twenty-six gold-plated pin contacts carry twenty-six individual circuits — the active array transferring all signals, control outputs, and power circuits across this medium-high-density separable join. The corresponding socket half of the same circuit count and key colour is required to complete the mated connector pair — both halves must be ordered to form a functional separable join. AS contacts are ordered separately; select the correct contact part number for your wire gauge and current requirements.

Blue Key (B) — Keying Position and Mis-Mate Prevention

Blue B is the second key assignment once Yellow A has been allocated to the first 26-circuit AS plug pair. When a harness includes multiple 26-circuit AS plug connectors at the same separation point — for example, where two parallel 26-circuit cable bundles each have their own plug connector mating into a fixed receptacle panel — keying ensures each plug can only connect to its own correct receptacle, preventing cross-connection during harness assembly and race event connector operations. With Yellow A on the first pair and Blue B on the second, neither pair can be accidentally cross-mated — regardless of how quickly connectors are operated under race event time pressure in Norway, Sweden, or Denmark.

Plug Configuration — The Movable, Cable-Mounted Connector Half

The AS plug configuration is a free, cable-mounted connector half — it does not mount to a panel or chassis surface. Instead, the plug is the movable, harness-side half that disconnects from a fixed receptacle (either a flange-mounted panel connector or a corresponding inline half) to allow component removal, harness separation, and servicing. The plug carries the cable bundle from the removable component or sub-harness and mates into the fixed chassis-side or loom-side receptacle when the system is assembled.

The 26-way AS plug is used for medium-high-density ECU and PDM circuit removable separable joins in race cars and performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The plug format is specified wherever one connector half must be freely movable — for example, at engine removal points where the engine-side harness plug disconnects from the chassis-side flange, at removable dashboard assemblies where the instrument harness plug mates into a fixed bulkhead connector, and at any harness separation point where the plug side follows a removable component when it is extracted from the vehicle.

Unlike flange or inline connectors that create a two-sided free connection, the AS plug is always the movable half in a plug-to-receptacle pair — providing the connector architecture needed for clean, repeatable component removal and installation across the race service life of the vehicle.

Technical Specifications

• Series: Deutsch Autosport AS
• Circuits: 26-way
• Configuration: Plug
• Contact type: Pin (Male)
• Key colour: Blue (Key B)
• Shell material: Aluminium alloy
• Operating temperature: -65°C to +175°C
• Locking: Push-pull positive lock
• Typical application: Second connector in a multi-connector harness — paired with yellow a when two same-circuit-count as connectors are used at the same separation point