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 Posted: Tue Aug 27th, 2019 08:29
Robert



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Have opened up the MC-36, it's very well made, seems to be dated 7th Dec, 2016, or possibly 16th Dec, 2007? The American format back to front dates are a nuisance when they are showing dates which could be either.

I'm not comfortable with the idea of re-soldering the connections, there are only 4 actual connections to the PCB but in a very tight space.  The yellow, white and purple are the signal wires, the separate one behind, is the bonded earth/0V connection.

I have tried with shrink wrap to get my largest piece over the plug but there is no chance, also I doubt if the shrinkage would be sufficient to grip the lead.

There might be scope to cut back the sheath and make a coil of the spare conductor length above the main chip, not something I feel I could manage without damaging something.  These devices are best part of £200, this was almost given to me.

It works perfectly, I'm reluctant to do anything which may compromise that.




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