I just put the connectors of a cable next to each other to see if the
colours are in the same order. I also do this with cables I got from
Paul.
Actually I don't mind what the colours are.
Admittedly if they were the same it would be harder to tell if the
cable is correct.
The only (and painful) mistake I ever did (so far) was to shift the
connector when putting it on, so that only three of four pins made
contact and of course a short circuit. But this was with a non-MOTM
module I "hurried into the synth" and not being careful enough. :-(
But I can understand Paul's pain!
Michael.
On Jul 3, 2009, at 6:00 PM, djbrow54 wrote:
> I got some of those earlier cables. Wow, has it been 6 years!
>
> I just put a "REV" label on the dustcap so I know which ones are
> backwards. They connector keying is quite good, so you really have
> to work on putting them in backwards. A sharpie writes real well on
> the connector dust cap. I also mark the cables I build this way.
> That way I know which is which.
>
> Just a thought ...
>
> Dave
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>>
>> I just opened 150 new PWR-20 power cables, and ∗every one∗ has the
>> red and white wires swapped.
>> Now, this happened like 6 years ago, I didn't catch it until a few
>> people blew modules up because the directions refer to the color
>> code (even though the connector is "semi-keyed" you can certainly
>> flip it around and then blow it up).
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