[sdiy] Covers / shroud for unused header pins?

[cheater cheater]

i'm still confused as to how unplugging a thing from the wall is too difficult

if you don't hit the header, next time you'll hit some other conductor

capacitor top

trace

resistor lead

ic lead

it's just a stupid idea to work on live circuits and a major WTF anyways


On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 4:25 AM Tim Parkhurst via Synth-diy
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> How about a dab of silicone (RTV)? Would cover the pins, and could be peeled off later if the connector was needed. Or maybe just a piece of masking tape. That would stay in place for a while (although it might dry and fall off after a few years).
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> On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
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>> Because they might need to be used in the future.
>>
>> James
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>> On Sep 5, 2024, 7:48 PM, at 7:48 PM, "Chromatest J. Pantsmaker" <chromatest at chromatest.net> wrote:
>> >If the pins are unused, why not delete them?
>> >
>> >On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 5:28 PM James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> It clearly isn't best practice. It's not a synth but an arcade
>> >control
>> >> panel with lots of rgb LEDs and a tangle of point to point wiring no
>> >matter
>> >> how carefully you string it. The controller cards for the LEDs have a
>> >pair
>> >> of large 2 row headers for connecting the 4 wires to the controller
>> >for
>> >> each led.
>> >>
>> >> There ends up being lots of unused pins and unfortunately while
>> >trouble
>> >> shooting a bad crimp connection, an unhooked spade thermal  numped
>> >into
>> >> some exposed pins on one of the controllers and cooked it. I could be
>> >more
>> >> careful obviously but now I'm also looking for ways to prevent it
>> >from
>> >> happening again regardless of my care level. At some point I'll have
>> >it
>> >> open and have some dangle cable, or a cable will come loose, or I'll
>> >be
>> >> moving something and the threat will reappear again.
>> >>
>> >> Just to put some numbers on it, there are 43 buttons, each with 6
>> >wires
>> >> for a total of 258 wires each end of which has a metal spade type
>> >conductor
>> >> of some point. That's a lot of careful handling that I would rather
>> >try to
>> >> mitigate if possible.
>> >>
>> >> James
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>> >> On Sep 5, 2024, 7:13 PM, at 7:13 PM, Neil Harper via Synth-diy <
>> >> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> >> >On 2024-09-05 12:55, James Coplin wrote:
>> >> >> Yesterday, I burned out a board when an exposed piece of connector
>> >> >happened to touch some exposed pins while opening and closing the
>> >case.
>> >> >
>> >> >why does the board need to be powered up when you're opening and
>> >> >closing
>> >> >the case?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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