[RE-wrenches] Xantrex SWI Cable

[William Miller]

Mick:

I probably have the ribbon cable and connectors in my shop.  Is it built 
pin1 to pin 1?  That is the main question.  I want to be very careful 
because one Christmas eve, I blew out two Heart interface inverters by 
shorting a sync cable.

Thanks,

William Miller


At 12:42 PM 12/20/2008, you wrote:
>Hi, a client's rodents recently chewed up their SWI sync cable. I found that
>the Trace connectors can be opened carefully, then reused with new ribbon 
>cable.
>
>20 conductor ribbon cable was not available in my podunk town but I had some
>10 conductor ribbon with the correct spacing (.1 inch if I recall correctly).
>I just used two lengths of that. Small amounts of this material can be
>purchased from model railroad hobby stores, since some of the fancy new toy
>trains use this for communications.
>
>The #1 conductor in the ribbon has a red color indicator but I can't remember
>if this is crossover or straight through. I just followed the pattern on the
>chewed up cable.
>
>I think the actual connectors are the same as for a computer parallel printer.
>I squeezed the connector down onto the ribbon cable using a bench vise to
>apply even pressure, and the connector pierces the ribbon insulation as it
>closes. A shop that builds custom computer cables could probably fab an
>assembly for you...if I had done a better job here of explaining all the
>specification details.
>
>I furnished plastic wire loom as part of the rebuilt assembly for my
>customer...hopefully in a flavor that the rodents won't like.
>
>Mick Abraham, Proprietor
>www.abrahamsolar.com
>Voice: 970-731-4675
>
>---------- Original Message -----------
>From: William Miller <wrmiller at charter.net>
>To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>Sent: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:43:04 -0800
>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex SWI Cable
>
> > Friends:
> >
> > I need to build a Xantrex SWI cable (the sync cable for two SW
> > inverters).  Do any of you have the specs. for one of these?
> >
> > Thanks in advance, and happy solstice!
> >
> > William Miller
> >
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