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Title: Happs Optical Board connection question
Post by: Magnet_Eye on March 21, 2004, 06:48:59 am

Hey...I have these Happs optical joysticks that use the Happs optical boards. They have these super cheap ass molex-type connectors that plug onto the optical boards...with four wires going off which I have connected to my Opti-Pac. The problem I keep having is the cheap plastic connectors to the optical boards...the wires on these things are constantly breaking off! The connectors really are horrible and I am seeking an alternative way to go from the optic board to the opti-pac....

I think I can just hook the individual wires to the optic-boards metal prongs if I can find the right connectors....do they exist? any ideas?

Thanks!

Title: Re:Happs Optical Board connection question
Post by: froggerman on March 21, 2004, 02:08:49 pm

Which Happs joystick is it? It sounds like the connectors are being over-crimped on the wires that are going to the Molex plug.

Title: Re:Happs Optical Board connection question
Post by: Magnet_Eye on March 21, 2004, 09:12:30 pm

it's the happs OPTICAL Joystick. They come pre-crimped in there...and the connector attaches to the four prongs of the optic board. I need some alternative way to connect them since the Happs molex deal isn't lasting.