The problem of loose collars is quite common I find. I have several Stooge cables that
came from Stooge Industries, they do have a tendency to go loose. A tiny drop of thread
locker does the trick , and will make sure there is enough thread exposed so that the
collars are grounded.
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scott@...> wrote:
>
> I had one cable where the signal was permanently shorted to ground,
> but Larry replaced it right away (that was one cable out of 144).
> Occasionally I'll find a cable that seems to exhibit a short to ground
> (symptom goes away when I wiggle it), but in every one of those cases
> I've noticed that one of the jack's outer connector/collar was loose
> and the problem goes away as soon as I tighten up the connector.
>
> On 26-Feb-08, at 8:03 AM, Mark wrote:
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> >
> > Speaking of things branded "Synthesis Technology", has anyone else
> > had any problems with the patch cables Larry sold a few years back??
> >
> > It seems that most of the ones I bought are no longer working
> > properly. Since jiggling the cable against the jack often restores
> > the signal, at least temporarily, my guess is that their solder
> > connections have gone bad. In contrast, I have a large number of
> > 1/4" cables from Clark, ProCo, and Markertek -- all of which are
> > older and have seen much more use -- without any problems.
> >
> > I'm not trying to blame anyone here. I'm sure Larry had the absolute
> > best intentions, and did not build these cables himself. However, I
> > would like to get an idea if this is a common problem, and what I can
> > do to solve it.
> >
> > The solder joints don't look particularly cold -- they are smooth and
> > shiny. So I'm thinking that perhaps they were assembled with the
> > wrong kind of flux?? That means the difference between being able to
> > simply re-heat them, and having to completely de-solder and re-solder
> > them.
> >
> >
> > Thanks :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >
> >
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