RITS 4-Position Receptacle — Crimp Termination, Gold Contacts
The 2295321-4: It accepts female socket contacts (sold separately) and terminates via crimp, then locks into the yellow free-hanging housing. The gold contact finish at 7.87µin (0.200µm) gives this connector a solid mating-cycle life for field-serviceable equipment — think control cabinets, sensor harnesses, or any interconnect that sees periodic disconnect during maintenance.
What the Gold Plating and Polarizing Key Mean for Your Assembly
That matters when this receptacle lives in a harness that gets unplugged for troubleshooting or swap-out. Crimp termination means you field-terminate the wires with the correct TE hand tool or automatic press — no soldering, no IDC tooling required.
The 2295321-4 uses crimp contacts, which gives you the flexibility to mix wire gauges in the same connector — something IDC cannot do. Both are free-hanging, single-row receptacles; the choice comes down to your termination tooling and whether you need discrete wire or ribbon cable.