[Member-Forum] Motor Controller Ribbon Cable

[James Frankland]

Trouble is that you cant undo the motor controler, or pot.  So you cant
actually get to the start of end of the ribbon.  Well, not without breaking
it open.

On 4 February 2014 10:55, Pete Niedermayr <pniedermayr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think the crimp on connector are standard and you should be able to buy
> new ones. The ribbon cable you can buy by the roll. I would get new
> connectors and cable and make longer ones.
> --------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 2/4/14, James Frankland <jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [Member-Forum] Motor Controller Ribbon Cable
>  To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org, "PSUBS Member Discussion Group" <
> member-forum at psubs.org>
>  Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 4:31 AM
>
>  Hi All,
>
>  Does anyone have any experience in
>  cutting\re-joining thin ribbon type cable.  I'm
>  going to modify my motor controllers so that the buttons are
>  on the handles like they should be.  Where they are at the
>  moment its awkward to steer and operate the power at the
>  same time.  Ideally i'd like to cut the ribbon cable
>  and extend it so i can have the pots on the handles.  But
>  im not sure if I cut the cable, i'll be able to get them
>  back together.
>
>
>  Its the 3 white ribbon cables in this picture, with the
>  blue pots on the end.  I want to extend these to the
>  handles.
>
>  http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/extended_files/Page18279.htm
>
>  Also looks like Jim K has done a similar thing on
>  Guppy.  Last pictures on his page.
>
>  http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567814/bionicguppy/
>
>  Anyone cut these type of cables and got them back
>  together?
>
>  Kind Regards
>  James
>
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