How Do I Find This Connector?

If you have an Android phone, there is a native app on your phone called Google Lens. You take a picture of your item and Google will search for items across the internet that look like it.
The other places are Digikey, Mouser, and Newark, to name a few.
 
I will try Lens.
One of the issues is the connector needs to be easy to pull apart. Also the cable to the heater is a flat ribbon so it will not be straight forward to get a seal at the plug. Silicone could help there.
 
Doing a quick search on the inner web i found this. Looks like the heater might be made by Therm-ic or Thermic
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Here is the link the image comes from:

Therm-ic and Hotronic Ski Boot Heater Comparison Chart

Keep your feet warm. Learn the difference in Therm-ic and Hotronic battery ski boot heater systems.
www.alpineaccessories.com www.alpineaccessories.com
Might help you narrow your search criteria a little.
 
Negative. Not that one from Mouser. Smaller.
That extension might be helpful! I could cut off the male end and I think that would do it! Ugg- $20 buck though. Its probably a $1 connector if I knew what it was.
I think we are on to something though. The Thermic heaters are probably exactly what is in the boot liner.
 
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It might be possible to make a connector, using some .1" header material. Solder wires to one side, plug the other side into what you've got. Cut off a blob of epoxy putty, massage it until it's mixed up good and mold it around the wires, header and connector body. Let it set up & pull apart. If you wrap some food wrap around the epoxy and press it into place it will make a smoother surface (just for eye candy sake). I've used this approach as a quick & dirty way to turn solder-tail "D" connectors into more-robust connectors, sort of a custom housing scheme.

Some mold release on the connector would be a good idea :).
 
Making a connector out of epoxy is viable. I may do this for testing purposes and spend the money later if it works out.
 
I have had success 3D printing a housing for a bare connector.....however the pictures are currently eluding me......
Brian
 
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