What the B6P-VH is
Contacts are brass with tin plating on both the mating face and the solder tail. The housing is PA66 nylon rated UL94 V-0, and the single-wall shroud routes cable dress away from the pin field. A locking ramp on the header body mates with the matching receptacle's latch feature for positive retention under vibration and pull. Rated 10 A per contact at 250 V — the current spec is a per-contact figure, and real circuit duty depends on your conductor gauge, ambient temperature, and whether adjacent circuits are loaded simultaneously, which governs the temperature rise inside the housing. The 10 A headline is the contact ceiling; the application derates from there.
How it stacks against the right-angle peer
The B6PS-VH is the right-angle variant of the same 6-circuit, 10 A, 250 V, tin-plated VH header — same position count, same pitch, same current and voltage ratings, same locking-ramp fastening. The only functional delta is orientation: the B6P-VH is vertical (through-hole perpendicular to the board plane); the B6PS-VH is right-angle (solder tails exit parallel to the board surface). If the PCB footprint and routing channel already accept a vertical header, the B6P-VH and B6PS-VH are electrically interchangeable at the same 6-position count. The stacking height is 16.5 mm for the vertical; the right-angle shifts the z-height envelope differently and may clear adjacent components the vertical part would need clearance above.
What the class does and where it is used
VH-series headers are used as board-to-wire power and signal interconnects in industrial automation equipment, appliance controls, HVAC modules, and lighting drivers — anywhere a discrete wire harness mates to a PCB through a positive-latch connection rather than a flying-lead solder joint. The 250 V rating puts this in the power-feed category; it is not a low-level signal connector. The shroud and locking ramp together make this suited for applications where accidental unmating from vibration or cable tension is a field risk. The square pin shape accepts the matching crimp or IDC receptacle housing in the VH series — confirm the housing pitch and circuit count match before specifying.