Description
The DEUTSCH M34-18-8SN is a 8-way HD30 receptacle connector-half kit built around the genuine HD34-18-8SN housing. It supplies socket contacts for crimp termination and normal seals for a serviceable circular connection on compatible vehicle, agricultural, off-highway and industrial wiring.
This is one connector half, not a full mating pair. The matching plug must be ordered separately. Plug/receptacle describes the housing style; pin/socket describes the contact type.
Key Benefits
- Genuine TE Connectivity DEUTSCH housing and contacts
- Panel-mount receptacle supplied with a panel nut and lockwasher
- Aluminium shell with silicone seals
- Rear-inserted contacts are serviceable with suitable removal tools
- Seal variant N – normal seals
Kit Components
- 1 × HD34-18-8SN receptacle housing
- 1 × 114010 contact removal tool
- 9 × 0462-203-12141 solid socket contacts
- 2 × 114017 sealing blanks
- 1 × 114020-90 panel nut
- 1 × 114021 lockwasher
Supplied contact quantities include spares. The housing has 8 cavities; spare contacts do not increase its circuit count.
Specifications
- Kit SKU: M34-18-8SN
- Manufacturer housing part number: HD34-18-8SN
- Series: DEUTSCH HD30
- Housing style: Receptacle
- Contact type: Socket
- Shell size: 18
- Cavities: 8 (8 × size 12)
- Wire-seal code: N – normal seals
- Termination: crimp
- Operating temperature: −55°C to +125°C
- Environmental sealing requires correct wire insulation diameter, properly sealed unused cavities and a fully mated assembly
Contact Selection
- Size 12: 0462-203-12141, 12–14 AWG; rated up to 25 A per contact under the manufacturer’s specified conditions
Current ratings apply to individual contacts, not the combined connector. Conductor size, temperature, circuit loading and installation affect allowable current. The wire conductor must fit the contact and its insulation must fit the housing seal; these are separate checks.
Compatibility & Installation
Match the opposite housing style, shell size, cavity arrangement and complementary pin/socket contacts. Check keying, any modification suffix and the wire-seal requirements against the manufacturer documentation. N, T and E seal variants are not interchangeable wire-size specifications.
Crimp using tooling suitable for the supplied contacts, insert from the rear and check retention. Close unused cavities with the correct sealing blanks. Follow the HD30 assembly instructions before mating and locking the bayonet coupling. Wire, crimping tools, backshells, dust caps and the mating connector half are not included. The listed nut and lockwasher are included.
