[sdiy] 3 conductor cord and stereo jacks as patch cords

[Charles Bisaillon]

> I have a bunch of 3 conductor ( two wires and a braided shield ) microphone
> cords I what to cut up for patch cords. What is the proper way to solder these
> to a mono jack ? Are there any drawbacks to using this type of cable ?

You solder 1 internal wire to the tip of your jacks, the other wire is
soldered along with the shield to ground. Works just the same but costs more
for nothing.
> 
> How about stereo 1/4" plugs ? What's the proper way to connect the normal 2
> wire cable ( wire and braided shield ) cable to a stereo plug? Drawbacks ?
> Kinda the opposite of the first question.
> 

Here you have a problem, you either use the shield as a conductor and forget
about "shielded cable", or get the proper cable for your application. Here
you have a problem.

Charles

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