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Trimble Thunderbolt Power Supply Connector
27-May-2008

Some Thunderbolt kits include a power supply with Molex power connector already installed. Others include the parts to make the connector yourself. Follow the photos below.

Building the power connector

Molex connector and pins:

The brown wire (frame ground) isn't part of the connector.
Strip other four wires to about 2 or 3 mm. Arrange in red-white-green-black order.

Crimp the four pins using your favorite crimp tool:

Carefully insert in this exact order; red (pin 1), white, skip, green, skip, black (pin 6):

Finished power connector and optional frame ground wire:


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