Re: EDAC - cable connection

["Fernando J. Barbosa" <barbosa@jlab.org>]

Hi Yves,

That's good.

Regards,
Fernando

Yves Van Haarlem wrote:
> Hi Fernando,
>
> Thanks for the feed back.
>
>> It looks good. However, I suggest you add another ground cable 
>> (black?) and perhaps connect both ground cables to a single crimp 
>> eyelet.
> Both ground leads are connected together but that is not visible on 
> the picture. Do you mean two cables that connect to the end plate?
>
>
>> For reliability, I would also connect another HV shield wire (red?). 
>> Maybe these are already there but I cannot see from the picture.
> Also here the two HV leads are connected together but that is not 
> visible on the picture.
>
>
>> A small detail. Do you plan to apply any conformal coating (acrylic) 
>> over the the shield solder joints? This is just to prevent any shield 
>> wires from contacting any other object and to keep them secure. 
>> Please avoid any silicone based wires or products that go on the gas 
>> volume.
> We start doing that after taking the picture and we indeed do not want 
> any silicon based products. We use Scotch Weld DP-270 (black) to do this.
>
> Cheers,
>     Yves
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Fernando
>>
>> Yves Van Haarlem wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> On
>>>
>>> http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/Image:Edacconn.jpg
>>>
>>> you can see how Gary prepared the connector and the cables in order 
>>> to be inserted and hooked up with the wires. We used RG-188A/U 
>>> cables which have teflon and are much more heat resistant (good for 
>>> soldering). The whole assambly is pretty stiff and rigid. We'll have 
>>> to see hpw difficult it is to connect it to the wires.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>     Yves
>>>
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