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How wires connect to terminals and to each other; coloring and organization schemes; appropriate wire selection and installation techniques

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I was just inserting the bare tip of the wires and screwing to smps terminals but I encounter some photos and it seems some sort of spade connectors are used as in the below photo: For robustness is ...
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I'm having trouble with shipping an electronic enclosure. During the transport the wires get loose from the screw terminals of the PCB due to vibrations. 22 AWG stranded wires and the terminals is ...
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I'm very new to this, and have no experience with most things electrical, so apologies if this is very basic. However, I am trying to make a TRON costume. To that end, I have the following materials: ...
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I have a New Holland W130b loader with a main battery disconnect switch. The switch kills ground to the system. The stereo I removed was analog, I wanted digital with bluetooth and I can not see the ...
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I’m having trouble understanding the wiring of these heaters. You can see the diagram here: I know that the wiring of heaters is similar to that of motors — they usually have 6 terminals and can be ...
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Being at best handyman level, I need help on how to wire up a system of nichrome wire to recycle foam into cubes. My frame would be 24" x 24" with wire spaced 4" apart. I assume I ...
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I'm trying to change the usb interface of a USB camera which works via its USB A connector as follows: [![enter image description here][1]][1] Camera's original USB A cable with a 5 pin connector: [![...
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I got this cool picture that was previously wired with lights. I would like to get it working, but don't know how to safely do it. It has a switch on the frame that has 3 pins I think, also looks like ...
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In the wiring diagram below, one of the grounds on the board is connected to the shield. However, I don't know what the shield is in this case. The board didn't come with a shield?? The board in ...
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I am trying to wire a laser controller to two different power supplies. The contacts I am trying to wire to are shown here: I correctly identified the connectors that mate to the contacts in the laser ...
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I'm trying to reproduce the AMT72 of Humans Since 1982. I have 18 modules, each module has 1 Arduino Nano, 4 BKA30D-R5C Stepper Motor, 8 DRV5032 Hall Effect Sensor, 2 AX1201728SG Quad-Driver, each ...
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Car wiring specific question. I'm doing a wiring conversion on an older car using newer car's wiring loom and some of the logic is not identical. Need help solving two issues: I have a button that ...
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I am building a quadrupedal robot, where motors communicate with the main MCU via CAN bus. I am aware that CAN bus requires two termination resistors placed at the "ends" of the line in ...
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I am trying to suppress the first ring on incoming telephone calls, so that certain calls can be answered automatically by certain equipment without all the telephones ringing briefly. Unfortunately, ...
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Italy has multiple types of electrical plugs and sockets, both of which are referred to as type L. Here we see the two main type of Italian electrical plugs Here's a hybrid socket on the right which ...
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I'm trying to build an Arduino IDE project using ESP32. The basic idea is that i'm using 2 ultrasonic sensors to open a servo gate, and sending the data to a database. Right now i'm using a Breadboard ...
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I have purchased a 12vdc horn siren: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHM41B54?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 (I hope that does not get flagged as spam! If it does then I do not really know ...
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What does a solid white wire and a bare silver wire mean on a female jack and how do I wire that into a AC/DC 12v power supply
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I have a golf cart with the battery below with the converter below wired in. The converter continually draws current and drains the battery consistently at ~1%/hour. I suspect that's because it's a ...
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Background Edit: Good call out in comment. I am in the USA, CA specifically, but deployment will be across the USA. Most wall power in houses is 120Vrms/60Hz. I am designing a product that connects to ...
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I am trying to set up my raspberry pi 5 with the max30102 sensor via the i2c interface. I bought two sensors, but neither seem to work. I'm trying to rule out faulty sensors and I don't have a ...
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I'm working with a 1kW Delta A2 servo drive and motor. Its datasheet specifies that the servo drive should be installed above the EMI filter. When installing the servo drive and EMI Filter, the servo ...
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On the mains supply socket, I'm only getting the tester light on the Live Wire, but when I connect my extension box to that socket, I'm getting tester light in both Live (Bright) and Neutral (dull) ...
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Motor is from a Robland XSDB-310 jointer/planer with two remote capacitors. Everything worked before removing the motor, 1-to-1 wire connections from the panel + ground. The two remote capacitors ...
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I've looked everywhere online, and the only responses to this problem I find are some variation of "you shouldn't want that." I like having smart lights, to be able to turn on my outside ...
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It's the two dots connected by the bent line. I'm trying to figure out what it is.
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My device (a SCARA robot) is rated for 200-240 VAC and is single phase. It comes with a power cable with 3 wires (1 green ground wire and 2 black wires). I have access to a 250 VAC three phase outlet ...
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I have a bench grinder with a 3 phase motor and I bought a solid state 3 phase converter. I think this is easy but want to double check my thinking. I have 220v from sub panel with one leg to the ...
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I’ve confirmed my LED works — when I connect it directly to my bench power supply (positive to anode, negative to cathode), it lights up just fine. I’m now trying to drive it using a small constant ...
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I am trying to figure out how to wire this old Stayrite 3hp single phase motor. I have attached a picture of the terminals but that’s all the info I have. I am not sure if there is a capacitor ...
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Purpose: I am creating a custom Push-to-Talk (PTT) button by reverse-engineering the circuit from my existing PTT headset. My current headset only uses the right ear, but I have some difficulty ...
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Background: I have a hundred year old house with knob and tube wiring in my (accessible) attic that support room lighting only for the room below. I want to replace the knob and tube with modern ...
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Problem To power my Teltonika RUTXR1 router-switch, I utilise a male Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 head, connected by cable to a stock AC > DC converter brick, itself powered by an IEC 60320 13 + 14 ...
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I just cut off the 3.5 mm jack of my tuf gaming r3 headset, because the ears were inverted and I wanted to fix it. The connections to the jack were covered with a kind of plastic insulator and I had ...
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I'm designing an I²C bus that needs to span 3 meters and connect 10 peripherals (relays and temp sensors, very low speed/freq), spaced approximately 30 cm apart. The peripherals may be plugged in or ...
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I was testing an LED strip with a 24V constant voltage power supply (AC to DC LED strip driver, the blue power supply in the diagram below) and I accidentally caused my main circuit breaker to trip, ...
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I am looking for advice for a conventional double pole double throw switch (looking for a switch of this style or a single push button style switch with only on/off positions). A standard SPDT has ...
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Does anybody have any idea how to wire this motor? The wires colors are in order red, black, yellow, green, blue, and white. I already know that the red and black are the motor's poles, and the others ...
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I have two AD5241 1 Mohm digital potentiometers. Individually they work properly. But when I try to build them into a single circuit to have two each 1 Mega ohm control points, I end up with two 500 ...
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In the wiring diagram of the KITO ER2 single-speed chain hoist, what would be the operational and electrical impact on the motor if both the up and down switches are pressed simultaneously? ...
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I have been trying to learn about wiring diagrams but I'm unable to find a good source of information on what the symbols means, most websites show slightly different symbols for the same thing so I'm ...
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I bought these tiny stepper motors on Aliexpress, and I'd like to use them in personal projects, but I've encountered a problem: the leads are very flimsy, tiny and mounted in plastic. Trying to ...
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I'm an FPGA engineer currently on an analog board design. I have two AC/DC converters taking power from an entry module interfaced with a 220 V.ac and one generates +-12V while the other 5V. Now, I ...
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I am new to working with microcontrollers without a development board. I am working on a project with the CC2650 microcontroller, and I would like to add a header to program it through JTAG. I ...
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My project: A windshield that has the ability to selectively dim out only specific parts of the windshield. I want to prove this concept by dividing a small glass pane into 3x3 sections of a total of ...
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I'm a student working on an autonomous mobile robot designed to carry out a specific task. The robot is to do the given task in the least possible time with high reliability. I plan on using a Teensy ...
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I have a project that I am designing a plastic enclosure for. (While the prototypes will be most likely 3D printed through a vendor, I am baking injection molding DFM into the design so that I don't ...
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In our cryostat and high temperature (~200--250°C) setups, I use PTFE-insulated wires (compared to PVC it can take higher temperatures and outgasses less). In sensible quantities the range of colours ...
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I want to use a DPDT switch to power an electric heater and then switch to power my welder when needed using the same 2 pole 30 amp breaker. The power must go to the switch first correct and then ...
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I’m wondering if I can use an unused ground terminal from another device. Is this way correct as in the drawing of my lighting setup?
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