Heat Shrink Tubing

[Pingushome]

Sorry Richard thought I had not explained the tool properly lol
If you can get one of these cheap they are good but not worth anywhere near the retail price
Martin

[bob orbell]

Well, I dont understand this at all, Chris starts off with a digital cable with loose heat shrink tubing, he then says he has no reply from the manufacture (could be Chord) for about a month, later he says he is contacted by another person and Chris contacts Chord who suggest another company who fit a new DIN plug for £127.00 a week ago , does not make sense to me please explain. Bob

[Chris]

Bob the message with quote marks is from a person with similar cable.

"The DIN connection was a little temperamental so I asked Chord if they could re-terminate it. They put me in contact with Sonority, who do these kind of jobs for Chord: http://sonoritydesign.co.uk/sonority.../chord-cables/

They added a new DIN last week (£172) so should be as new."

I have added this to show that it is possible Chord have an issue with their construction method, either they did not heat it up the shrink tubing enough, or there was not enough glue within the tubing, or that using heat shrink tubing to hold both outer barrel to the cable with out any other mechanical connection is not a good idea.

Chris.

[Chris]

I have included a photo, so you can see how one pin is being lost..

Chris..

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Chris

I have included a photo, so you can see how one pin is being lost..

Chris..

What plugs are they Chris, they look like Phono/RCA not DIN...

Is there something special about this cable it sounds very expensive especially for a digital cable? Something difficult on the other end perhaps?

The plug bodies look like nylon or Teflon type plastic so it will be difficult for anything to stick to them. Looks like a poorly thought out design tbh.

I'd put new shrink on them and take it further over the step in the plastic body so it shrinks there and cannot pull off so easily. Careful though not to melt the plugs.

[Chris]

Hi Richard, these are a single run with a rca plug at both ends.

Below is the sales patter...

"The Latest RCA version is fitted with PTFE plug surrounds. While not as strikingly beautiful as the previous acrylic versions, they produce a markedly better performance. There’s a degree of extra clarity and a reduction in mechanical noise. Enough of an improvement for customers with older cables with acrylic plug surrounds to return their cables to be fitted with the PTFE version."

I bought these as used in August from Seven Oaks Cheltenham and this is how they were supplied, I never got around to checking them out fully until recently.

Chris.

[Chris]

That's a good point Richard that smooth surface of the shell does not lend it self to being being glued., I guess it could have been etched (roughed up) where it was going to be glued.

Chris

[Richard]

Hi Chris,

Teflon/ptfe are the same with a melting point over 300C so no worries with the heat gun if sensible though the other cable insulation may smoke before that if it's PVC/Polythene etc so go carefully.

Getting anything to stick to Teflon will be very difficult so sleeve it down over the step in the plug as in my badly photo-shopped picture attached.

You have another problem though that will need disassembly to find out why the pin on one plug has pushed back inside. This may or not be diy fixable but will almost certainly involve removing the original shrink.

If you do this post a pic of what you find. Really though before that, if you have a receipt I'd send/take them back to Sevenoaks as they are a decent outfit been around a good while and they'll know that 4 months is not acceptable.

[John Caswell]

£172 to replace an RCA/phono plug, I am definitely in the wrong job!

John

[Chris]

John, that is my exact thoughts, in the video they claim that they can do a cable in 15 minutes...

That is a good idea Richard to have the heat shrink further up, I will email Sevenoaks as I have never as yet used them, they looked like new in the box.


Chris.