Deutsch Autosport AS108 — 3-Way Inline Pin (Male) — Red Key (N)
The Deutsch Autosport 3-Way Inline Pin (Male) Connector — Red Key (N) — SKU: AS108-98PN is a genuine MIL-spec-grade Deutsch Autosport AS series cable-mounted connector built for 3-circuit sensor, switch, and actuator sub-harness separable joins in professional race cars, hillclimb, rally, and high-performance builds across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Configured as a free-hanging inline separable join, this connector is both halves floating freely within the wire run without any panel fixing requirement — delivering a clean, reliable, mechanically keyed separable interface at the harness separation point.
AS108 Shell — Series Architecture and Circuit Density
The AS108 is one of the smallest circular inline shells in the Deutsch Autosport AS range — designed for minimal-footprint separable joins on compact sub-harness runs, sensor feeds, and single-actuator circuits. Despite its very small body, the AS108 delivers the same MIL-spec aluminium alloy shell, gold-plated contacts, and positive push-pull locking as every larger AS series shell. The 3-circuit configuration in the AS108 shell is suited to 3-circuit sensor, switch, and actuator sub-harness separable joins. Typical applications at this circuit count include 3-wire sensor assemblies (MAP, TPS, CLT, IAT with power, ground, and signal), individual coil-on-plug sub-connectors, 3-wire actuator feeds, and small auxiliary circuit groupings. The 3-way inline is one of the smallest circuit counts in the AS range — used wherever compactness and weight saving are the overriding design priorities.
Pin (Male) — 3-Circuit Contact Array
This listing supplies the pin half of the 3-way AS inline connector pair — gold-plated pin contacts 3 in total — carrying each circuit across the free-hanging inline separation point. To form a complete functional connector pair, the matching Socket (Female) half of the same circuit count, shell size, and key colour must be ordered separately; both halves are required to create a mated, functional separable join. AS series contacts are ordered independently of the connector shells — select the correct contact part number for your wire gauge, current rating, and preferred termination method.
Red Key (N) — Keying Position and Mis-Mate Protection
Red N is the non-keyed (neutral) insert in the Deutsch Autosport AS system. Unlike the A, B, C, and D colour keys which enforce strict connector-to-connector mating relationships, Red N allows a 3-circuit AS inline half to mate with any counterpart of the same circuit count and shell size regardless of key colour. This makes Red N the correct choice for service tools, test harness jumpers, PDI connectors, and any application where a fixed mating relationship between two specific connector halves is deliberately not required. Red N provides connection flexibility rather than mis-mate restriction — and is selected by experienced harness builders precisely when that flexibility is needed. Red N inserts are used by Scandinavian race teams, wiring specialists, and motorsport workshops across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark for service tools, test connectors, and intentionally flexible interface points where strict directional keying is not required.
Inline Configuration — Flexible Harness Placement Without Panel Mounting
The AS inline connector places the separable join within the harness run itself — neither half is fixed to a chassis panel, firewall, or bulkhead surface. Both halves are cable-mounted and the mated join floats freely within the loom, held in position by the surrounding harness sleeve, loom tape, or tie-wrap points. This configuration is the professional standard for engine-to-chassis harness separation points, removable subframe and suspension cradle sub-harness joins, and any separable interface along the wire run where mounting flexibility and positioning freedom are required over a fixed panel location. The inline format is widely used across race car loom builds wherever a harness needs to be separable at a point that does not coincide with a chassis panel or bulkhead. Inline AS connectors are used as the default harness separation format by motorsport wiring specialists and race car builders across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark — giving clean, serviceable loom splits at any point along the harness run without committing to a fixed panel location.
Technical Specifications — AS108-98PN
- Series: Deutsch Autosport AS
- Shell size: AS108
- Circuit count: 3-way
- Configuration: Inline (free-hanging inline)
- Contact type: Pin (Male)
- Key colour: Red (Key N)
- Shell material: Aluminium alloy, MIL-spec machined
- Contact plating: Gold over nickel
- Operating temperature: −65°C to +175°C
- Locking mechanism: Push-pull positive lock collar
- Contacts: Ordered separately — not included
- Mating half required: Socket (Female), same circuit count, shell size, and key colour
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