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Deutsch Autosport AS 32-Way Plug — Pin (Male) — Red Key (N)

The Deutsch Autosport AS 32-Way Plug Pin (Male) Connector with Red (N) Keying Insert — SKU: AS618-32SN is a professional MIL-spec-grade Deutsch Autosport AS series connector for high-density ECU sub-harness connectors, primary PDM wiring interfaces, and complex race car loom separable joins in race cars and high-performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. As a plug connector, the 32-way AS is a high-density, cable-mounted plug half for primary ECU harness sub-joins and PDM main circuit interface separable points in complex race car electrical builds.

Deutsch Autosport AS 32-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 32-way AS is a high-circuit-count configuration for primary ECU harness sub-joins and PDM main circuit interfaces — used where multiple ECU sensor inputs and PDM output circuits must cross a single separable join to minimise connector count at the separation point.

Pin (Male) — 32-Circuit Contact Array

This listing is the pin half of the 32-way AS plug pair. Thirty-two pin contacts carry thirty-two individual circuits — each gold-plated contact maintaining low-resistance electrical continuity throughout the connector’s full service life in motorsport conditions. 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.

Red Key (N) — Keying Position and Mis-Mate Prevention

Red N is the correct specification when only a single 32-circuit AS plug is used at this separation point — where no adjacent same-size connector creates a mis-mate risk. An N-keyed plug half mates with any other N-keyed half of the same circuit count, keeping the connector specification simple and correct for single-pair 32-circuit AS plug applications. Red N is the standard default for standalone plug connections across professional motorsport builds in Norway, Sweden, and 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 32-way AS plug is used for high-density ECU sub-harness and primary PDM 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: 32-way
• Configuration: Plug
• Contact type: Pin (Male)
• Key colour: Red (Key N)
• Shell material: Aluminium alloy
• Operating temperature: -65°C to +175°C
• Locking: Push-pull positive lock
• Typical application: Single-connector applications where only one as connector of this circuit count is used — no adjacent same-size connector creates a mis-mate risk