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Deutsch Autosport AS 8-Way Plug — Pin (Male) — Blue Key (B)

The Deutsch Autosport AS 8-Way Plug Pin (Male) Connector with Blue (B) Keying Insert — SKU: AS616-08SB is a professional MIL-spec-grade Deutsch Autosport AS series connector for 8-wire sensor cluster joins, ECU auxiliary sub-connectors, and compact motorsport harness separable points in race cars and high-performance vehicles across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. As a plug connector, the 8-way AS is a cable-mounted plug half for sensor cluster sub-harnesses, dashboard instrument harness joins, and ECU auxiliary circuit separable points where the plug is the removable harness-side component.

Deutsch Autosport AS 8-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 8-way AS is used for sensor cluster harness joins, ECU auxiliary circuit sub-connectors, and compact motorsport separable points. Common applications include dashboard instrument harness joins, auxiliary PDM output sub-connectors, and multi-sensor interface separation points on race cars.

Pin (Male) — 8-Circuit Contact Array

This listing is the pin half of the 8-way AS plug pair. Eight gold-plated pin contacts transfer eight individual circuits across this separable join — carrying sensor signals, control outputs, and auxiliary circuits through the mated connector pair. 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 8-circuit AS plug pair. When a harness includes multiple 8-circuit AS plug connectors at the same separation point — for example, where two parallel 8-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 8-way AS plug is used for sensor cluster and dashboard harness removable 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: 8-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