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Re: Electrical parts keep breaking!

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
Matt,
Can you be more specific? Under what conditions?
Sorry, I should have said the connectors, specifically the male end (the 3 pins).

The pins are already a semi-tight fit into the female ports, and tinning them shouldn't be needed to make them stay in. Hot glue around the connector would work better for that, if needed.

If the pins are being tinned because the signal is acting wonky, the wire itself could be broken at a certain point causing intermittent connections, or the crimping at the connector could be bad.
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