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Negativecreep0:

daisy chaining makes a lot of mess this way they all go to a barrier which comes out to one wire hook up to db25 cable



ChadTower:


--- Quote from: MinerAl on November 15, 2005, 10:59:16 am ---Wire Nut

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Would a wirenut make a solid connection for 31 wires?

hatrick:

A ground strip from a circuit breaker box should do the trick. Try looking at a Home Depot or similar store in the electrical/circuit breaker section.

MinerAl:


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--- Quote from: MinerAl on November 15, 2005, 10:59:16 am ---Wire Nut

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Would a wirenut make a solid connection for 31 wires?

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Oh.  Didn't realize there were 30.  I'd probably do something dumb like 6 wirenuts with 6, and then one from each of those into a 7th with one out.  I have wirenuts you see, and I hate buying new stuff.

pointdablame:


--- Quote from: Negativecreep0 on November 15, 2005, 11:35:41 am ---daisy chaining makes a lot of mess this way they all go to a barrier which comes out to one wire hook up to db25 cable



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It doesn't make a mess... it does exactly what you want.  Daisy chain all the controls together so that each control will only have 2 wires.  At the end, you'll have a single ground wire that you can hook up to your encoder.  You can connect a ground from both ends to create a ground loop as well, which is an even better idea.

And for the record, a terminal strip will work fine.  Use the "comb" pieces that were mentioned to connect an entire end, then run a single wire... I just think its unnecessary to do it this way

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