Members FearTheVoices Posted May 19, 2006 Members Share Posted May 19, 2006 Regular quarter inch jacks, they have 3 prongs on the them. I will be cutting up some monster cables, what wires go where. or any guides? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted May 19, 2006 Members Share Posted May 19, 2006 The central conductor gets soldered to the tip of the plug; the outer screen gets soldered to the screen on the plug, or the body of the plug on some designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted May 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2006 Im not soldering males, Females Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted May 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2006 Does the pedalboard itself need to be grounded?. How would I do this?. Only thing I can think of is run something from each jack to the power strip that im going install into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted May 20, 2006 Members Share Posted May 20, 2006 Originally posted by Junkhead Im not soldering males, Females They still have a tip and a sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted May 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 20, 2006 Originally posted by dot-dot-dot They still have a tip and a sleeve. I still dont know what your talking about What screen? and what tip of the plug, a picture would be great! i have it up and running, not sure if everythings right though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted May 20, 2006 Members Share Posted May 20, 2006 Originally posted by Junkhead What screen? and what tip of the plug, a picture would be great! Yes, it would - though it'd probably be simpler for you to post a picture of a cross-section of the cable and one of the jacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted May 21, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2006 Here you go sir!So far ive done two and i have basically i soldered them to two of the 3 prongs, one on each end leaving the middle exposed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted May 21, 2006 Members Share Posted May 21, 2006 Why are you using switching-type jacks? Anyway, if you want to use them as regular female jacks, the cable shield attaches to the terminal connected to the threaded sleeve, and the center conductor attaches to the terminal connected to the longest, bent-over prong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted May 21, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2006 Originally posted by El Glom-o Why are you using switching-type jacks?Cause ive asked about 500 times and noone gives me a straight a answer, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted May 21, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2006 Originally posted by El Glom-o Why are you using switching-type jacks? Anyway, if you want to use them as regular female jacks, the cable shield attaches to the terminal connected to the threaded sleeve, and the center conductor attaches to the terminal connected to the longest, bent-over prong. anywhere on the prong or does it matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted May 21, 2006 Members Share Posted May 21, 2006 Originally posted by Junkhead anywhere on the prong or does it matter I'm not sure what you're referring to by "prong". The wires attach to the "terminals" which are the little tabs with holes in them. If you have a continuity tester or a multimeter, you can use that to see which terminal is connected to which contact. In the case of the jack in the photo, one terminal is connected to the threaded sleeve (sleeve contact as referred to in previous posts by dot-dot-dot), one terminal is connected to the longer, bent-over prong (tip contact), and the third terminal is connected to the shorter prong that breaks contact with the bent-over prong when a plug is inserted.Again, cable shield to sleeve terminal, center conductor to tip terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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