Contacts Not Included — What That Means for Your BOM
This housing ships without contacts. The AMPMODU MTE series uses separate crimp terminals (male pins) that must be ordered as a distinct line item.
How This Housing Compares to the AMPMODU MTE Family
The 1-103653-1 sits as the 12-position single-row member of the AMPMODU MTE plug housing family. Against the 6-position 1-1376477-6 from a different series (0.098" pitch, latch lock), the 1-103653-1 uses the wider 0.100" pitch and latch holder — the pitch difference is small but the latch style changes the mating feel and the tooling required for the harness assembly. The real delta is position count: 12 circuits vs 6 circuits, which maps to a 12-way signal harness vs a 6-way power or signal branch. Both are active, both use crimp termination, but the 1-103653-1 is the denser option for a single-row harness.
