2. I think I'd rather use some caulk or something else flexible to seal the holes than epoxy...
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > I’ve done a couple of things on my bikes to improve the connection with the > Shimano-style club (which is also used by Shutter Precision): > > 1) Tin the bare ends of the wires with a little solder to make them more > durable. See here: > http://www.instructables.com/id/Strip-and-Tin-Wires-Like-a-Pro/ > > 2) Once you’ve got the length of the wire dialed in, seal the holes where > the wires go into the plug with some clear two-part epoxy. That will hold > the wires firmly in place and keep water out. Make sure you’ve got the wire > length right before you do, because once the epoxy sets it’s there for good. > > --Eric Norris > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > > On Mar 23, 2015, at 2:02 AM, Peter Adler <divisi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > The plug that connects the cable from the lights to the contacts on the SV > hubs has what I think is a pretty clumsy connection, with the bare wires > folded over a plastic inner section to contact the tabs on the hub. Ideally, > there would be something more secure. Say, a second set of contact tabs in > the light-side of the plug with a hole, so the cables could be threaded > through the hole (or soldered in place), and the cable-to-plug connection > wouldn't detach as the cable gets knocked around. > > Double-check the plug attached to the cable. Odds are, one or both of the > bare wire ends have slipped out of position, and are no longer touching the > contacts on the hub. > > Peter Adler > who's had to address this very issue several times over the last few years, > with no silver-bullet solution to date in > Berkeley, CA/USA > > On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 9:05:11 PM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: >> >> Have you checked that the wires were (and still are) correctly assembled >> into the plug, and they’re making proper contact with the hub? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
