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Re: a132-4 power cable orientation

2011-12-24 by andy

Thanks florian, the red stripe is the opposite way to how Id imagined- its supposed to be pointing to the board not the edge of the PCB.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander <fanwander@...> wrote:
>
> I don't own a A132-4, but looking at
> http://www.doepfer.de/A100_pictures/a-132-4.jpg I can see that there are
> two black-and-grey capacitors direct aside the connector.
> 
> The grey stripe on the capacitor marks the negative side. Now check on 
> the solder side of the pcb to which end of the multipin connector the 
> corresponding negativ pin of the capacitor is connected to. This should 
> be the end of the connector with the red strip.
> 
> Florian
> 
> 
> andy wrote:
> > So I realised the horizontal power header wasn't marked after
> > removing the cable... Does anyone know which direction to attach the
> > cable on the PCB for this module? I'm assuming the red stripe is
> > parallel to the edge of the board (pointing to the text jp1 on the
> > PCB) but could anyone check this to prevent me frying anything
> > please.
> >
>

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