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<p>Eurorack has few specs, but the power cable orientation is one of
them:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm">http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm</a></p>
<p>Which states, in red:</p>
<p>"<font face="Arial" size="2">As a rule the -12V line is marked
with a colored wire (typically <b>red)</b> and the colored wire
has to be aligned to the bottom of the bus board where you find
also the -12V imprint."</font></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/4/2017 6:05 AM, Vladimir Pantelic
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<pre wrap="">On 04.01.2017 01:30, Laurie wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Your comment about location of connector does not work in all designs.
For example, designs with a parallel mounted main board will often have
the connector running horizontal along the bottom of the board instead
of vertically up the side.
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I agree, thats why I said "should" and not "must" :)
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<pre wrap="">There is a (poor) rule of thumb that says 'stripe to the bottom'. This
is REALLY poor and does account for boxed headers or incorrectly made
cables (and YES there are 1000's of cables out there that do NOT use Pin
1 as the stripe!!!)
If you boxed headers then the statement "should be oriented towards the
bottom of a module" becomes academic as you can only connect a IDC cable
to a boxed header one way.
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it still aligns with pin 1 being at the bottom of most bus boards I have
seen, so you don't have to twist the cable 180 degrees.
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