My coworker damaged it and severed some wires. It was an interesting fix. The large wires had a center wire with a shield wire woven around it. Hopefully it correctly fixes the issue with the equipment.
Okay, I have to ask only because I’ve seen worse, but, this is in progress right?
Yes, it is in progress. I’ll attach an after when I get back to work today. I forgot to snap an after picture.
why didn’t you stagger the joints, if you make it so that no joint is in the same point in cable then it’s slimmer, more elastic and slightly less prone to failure
considering that you have there a bunch of coax cables in single wrap, you might have some problems with rf signal leakage between them if there are gaps in shield of these coax cables that line up
it also looks like there’s shield over entire cable, it would be a good thing to keep it continuous
if it’s some sensitive rf equipment, especially working at microwave frequencies, then keeping wire diameter and insulator thickness in these coax cables is important, which in practice means you should put there two coaxial plugs and a barrel connector between them. at which point it probably makes more sense to replace cable entirely
That is something I didn’t think about or know. I did end up wrapping extra wiring around the shielding cable on each and soldering it as well.
The cables were all sliced in the same spot and I only had a few inches at the end of the cable.
I kept asking my coworker to find a replacement, but he said he couldn’t (probably didn’t look). I’ll have to find a replacement today as this is definitely a bandaid for the moment.
good call then, however if it’s so close to the plug i’d try to disassemble it and reattach plug to now slightly shorter cable (after taking photos noticing how cables are connected) (unless there are crimped, glued, mold-injected or otherwise irreversibly attached parts)
you can do that even with some crimped connectors, as long as you have spare or can make ersatz ferrula
either way, it’s january problem
Here is the poopy after picture. I totally forgot to put heat shrink tubing on it before I started working on the first cable…
At least you remembered to put the barrel on the cable first.
forgot to put heat shrink tubing
I do that every. Fugging. Time. Even when I remind myself not to forget and lay out the tubing beforehand.
Heavy shielding is sometimes used for very good reasons. Sometimes it isn’t. If it’s a high precision device that the cable connects to, just replace the cable. If it’s just something audio related, some noise is likely just fine.
Breaks in shielding can cause strange issues, so keep that in mind.
Thank you! I am going to find a replacement today. This will hopefully get us by for the time being.
Great job!
Thank you! I will update and attach an after when I get to work soon. I forgot to take one.
Well someone had fun at work!
I was definitely not cursing! /s
O, Christmas tree, O, Christmas tree…
You have some next level third-hand contraption there, I am jealous!
did you take the connector shell off and just reattach the leads or did you splice all those loose ends?
I spliced and soldered. I didn’t know what I was getting into before hand.
What kind of cable & connector is it?
Does it work?
Yes, so far it provides power to the unit. I kept asking the dummy who broke it to test it for repeatability/stability, but he didn’t check it yet.
