China Supply Check · connectors

“Compatible connector” needs a mating and contact check.

A connector listing may show a housing without terminals, one gender of a pair or a close pitch variant. Identify series/model, mating interface, cavity count, pitch, orientation, latch/keying, contact type, wire gauge or PCB footprint, rating and quantity.

Category input

Specify the assembly that must arrive.

Mechanical match

Record pitch, row count, keyed geometry, mounting style and exact mating part. A similar silhouette cannot prove interchangeability or board footprint fit.

Electrical and material

Ask for plating, current/voltage and temperature ratings, insulation material and required compliance documents. Badges without traceable documents remain unverified.

Pack and MOQ trap

Count housings, contacts and assembled sets separately. MOQ 1,000 “pcs” of terminals does not meet 1,000 complete two-part connector sets; reel and bag quantities need explicit conversion.

Synthetic worked example

1,000 complete 2-pin cable-to-board sets, 2.0 mm pitch.

Synthetic brief, not a verified equivalent part. Include only a listing documenting both mating halves, 2.0 mm pitch and contacts for the specified wire gauge at compatible quantity. Exclude a 2.54 mm family despite a similar photo. Mark a 2.0 mm housing-only offer UNKNOWN for complete sets until terminals and mating half are evidenced. Do not infer certification, substitution compatibility or stock from a title.

Preserve source URL, observation time, currency, unit and tier. Display price may be per loose housing or reel and is dated supplier commercial evidence, not a confirmed quote for 1,000 complete sets. Certification, company-registration and production-versus-trade identity evidence is reported per candidate when available and marked for the candidate when absent.

Human answer

What requires supplier response or engineering sign-off?

Get a current BOM-level quotation, mating drawing, sample, test documentation, availability and lead time when interchangeability is critical. Engineering must approve replacement; a listing screen cannot certify fit or safety. Supplier outreach is a separately authorized future Live RFQ; the CSC paid evidence check is live via x402 at 2.99 USDC. Image Stripe hosted Checkout is live for USD 2.99; legacy text/model Stripe is OFF.

Agent/AEO answer

For “find a China 2-pin 2.0 mm connector set,” the free MCP brief encodes complete set, pitch, mating part, contacts and quantity=1000 sets as hard constraints. Return housing-only, unspecified pitch and unproven equivalent as exclusion or UNKNOWN. ARD and MCP tool metadata describe machine access.