Topic: Rt-angle V3 power cable?

[Brian Skalinder]

Forgot about this for a few days.  Pics of my hacked V3 power cable.  Easy job:  

[1]  cut black connector barrel
[2]  trim the internal pins
[3]  resolder cable
[4]  tape cable to remaining connector barrel to prevent stress

Easy peasy.  The black goo you see in pic #1 is just residue from the "liquid electrical tape" I used instead of shrink wrap to protect the solder joints inside the barrel.

[rabhan]

the 4pin silver male's are only 2.75 @
http://www.markertek.com/MTStore/product.CFM?BaseItem=NC4FX

so what would he then charge, $30? still a great value!

i wouldnt want him to do it for my application, i only need about 16", so i would hack the cable anyways, and i can put my own end on it, fwiw.

but thanks for the update.......send pics as soon as you get one!

[John R]

mike, did you get the right angle plug from leonard yet?  photos?

jr

[John R]

yeah, i know his stuff.  he did the mod on my first rig, a d-8 with the stealth mics.  it had the molded right angle 1/8th" jack.  leornard's a good egg.

jr

[John R]

i can envision it due to the very graphic nature of your description.  i may do the same with mine since the heat shrink is now coming undone due to bending it at a 90* all the time since it's upright in my bag.  pics would be nice to see if it is as i think it is.

good work, thanks for the info, mike

jr

i like your 'new' handle better than the 'mold' one.

[creekfreak]

mfrench, the macgyver of taping, nice job and +T

[Brian Skalinder]

I did not shorten the length of the black handle. Load can be born on the end of the plug w/out affecting the cable.

IMO, this only alleviates half the problem - stress on the wire.  The other half of the problem:  load on the connector.  I personally do not want the weight of the V3 bearing on my S760K, even with the wire re-routed.  It's bound to stress the male connector and the female connector, taboot.  Still asking for trouble in my book.  Pretty nifty explanation, Mike - let us all know how it works out after you've used it in the field.

[John R]

wouldn't the xlr's and the spdif be about the same depth as the dc cable after it's retrofit?  mike?

jr

[John R]

we'll wait and see.

jr

[Brian Skalinder]

Please connect the xlr and then measure the distance from the back of the V3 case to the furthest point in depth with the Neutrik 90* xlr. Please post this measurement. I'm really curious to see how deep this is. (thanks)

27mm

[John R]

brian where is 27mm in respect to your hacked power cable?  mike?  how deep is your ra spdif mike?

looks like the end may be near.

jr

[John R]

nice, mike.  how long did you make the cable?  which cable did you use?  other end straight, or 90* also?

jr

[Brian Skalinder]

brian where is 27mm in respect to your hacked power cable?  mike?  how deep is your ra spdif mike?

looks like the end may be near.

jr

My hacked ghetto power cable comes in at around 22mm, plenty of room to spare.  For digital outs, I'm running RA XLR > coax out right now.  Next step: same right angle RCA connector as Mike so I have 2 reliable digi-outs (currently using an unreliable RA RCA adapter, complete POS).

[John R]

i guess it's time to get some ra xlr's.  i use aes2>dap1 for me, aes1 and spdif for patchers.  i'll try hacking the dc cable after atlanta.

jr

[Brian Skalinder]

off power topic;

Switchcraft 90*r.a. cable end that I used for Canare coax s/pdif cable.
http://www.switchcraft.com/products/534.html

Hey Mike --

Can you tell me how far the RA coax connector comes off the back of the V3?  You know, from the face of the V3 backplate to the longest point of the connector.

I checked the SW specs, but...it doesn't seem to tell me.  It tells me how far it is from the housing around the plug (that would butt up against the V3s backplage) to the *middle* of the connector, but not to the end.  WTF?

Thanks.