Tougher modula jacks
in [Repair]
|
Prev: Neotus ELM1700ND
Next: Dell Vostro v13 Battery
From: N_Cook on 17 Apr 2010 03:36 Mark Allread <markA(a)once.org> wrote in message news:5tWdnRBmQJRsrlTWnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d(a)sysmatrix.net... > To reduce breakage of those little tabs, you could get some > heat-shrinkable tubing that is just barely big enough to make it over > the connector (You can stretch it a little by pushing it down over the > tip of a needle-nose pliers and forcing the jaws open slightly...) and > then heating the end of the tube that's away from the connector, to > shrink it. That gives you a sleeve you can slide down over the tab. > > > > vjp2.at(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: > > Thanks! You folks in this newsgroup are great! > > > > (THis is how nesgroups were fifteen years ago!) > > > > - = - > > Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist > > http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2 > > ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- > > [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] > > [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] > > > > > > > Don't they usually break at the plastic bending non-hinge hinge?
From: Jeffrey D Angus on 17 Apr 2010 11:32 N_Cook wrote: > Don't they usually break at the plastic bending non-hinge hinge? Yeah, but that's because the get snagged and bent around the wrong way. Jeff -- �Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.� Frank Leahy, Head coach, Notre Dame 1941-1954 http://www.stay-connect.com
From: N_Cook on 17 Apr 2010 12:10 Jeffrey D Angus <jangus(a)suddenlink.net> wrote in message news:hqckas1m8s(a)news3.newsguy.com... > N_Cook wrote: > > Don't they usually break at the plastic bending non-hinge hinge? > > Yeah, but that's because the get snagged and bent around the > wrong way. > > Jeff > > -- > �Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.� > Frank Leahy, Head coach, Notre Dame 1941-1954 > > http://www.stay-connect.com So the heatshrink thing was just a pouch for stowage when knocking about in the spaghetti in carrying cases etc
From: Jeffrey D Angus on 17 Apr 2010 14:21 N_Cook wrote: > Jeffrey D Angus <jangus(a)suddenlink.net> wrote in message > news:hqckas1m8s(a)news3.newsguy.com... >> N_Cook wrote: >>> Don't they usually break at the plastic bending non-hinge hinge? >> Yeah, but that's because the get snagged and bent around the >> wrong way. >> >> Jeff >> >> -- >> �Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.� >> Frank Leahy, Head coach, Notre Dame 1941-1954 >> >> http://www.stay-connect.com > > > So the heatshrink thing was just a pouch for stowage when knocking about in > the spaghetti in carrying cases etc > > Basically yeah, it keeps the free end of the tab from getting snagged and bent around the wrong way. And subsequently breaking off. Jeff -- �Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.� Frank Leahy, Head coach, Notre Dame 1941-1954 http://www.stay-connect.com
From: Mark Allread on 18 Apr 2010 22:59
Jeffrey D Angus wrote: > N_Cook wrote: >> Jeffrey D Angus <jangus(a)suddenlink.net> wrote in message >> news:hqckas1m8s(a)news3.newsguy.com... >>> N_Cook wrote: >>>> Don't they usually break at the plastic bending non-hinge hinge? >>> Yeah, but that's because the get snagged and bent around the >>> wrong way. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> -- >>> Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. >>> Frank Leahy, Head coach, Notre Dame 1941-1954 >>> >>> http://www.stay-connect.com >> >> >> So the heatshrink thing was just a pouch for stowage when knocking >> about in >> the spaghetti in carrying cases etc >> >> > Basically yeah, it keeps the free end of the tab from getting snagged > and bent around the wrong way. And subsequently breaking off. > > Jeff > > Yep. To reduce breakage. It just a quick-and-cheap way to provide what some commercially-made cables do: A cover over the open tip of the tab, gripping the cable behind the connector, so the connector doesn't snag on things when you pull the cable out from behind somebody's desk. Now, if somebody could prevent VGA connector screw-knobs from snagging on things, the world would be a better place. |