I doubt I'll ever be able to repair this cable because it's looks like a very professional job of assembling the wires, the mesh sleeve and the cable-shaking machine
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I used this cable with my SNAXO 2-4 which was in fine working condition. I sold my SBL and SNAXO. Later I sold the SNAXO burndy cable to a different buyer who reported problems, so I had to take it back. When it arrived from the unhappy customer, I discovered pin P (0V SWHG, black wire) which is GRND had no continuity. The other 16 wires checked out OK. To my surprise there was an extra wire in the harness with no pins on either end. It looked like it had been snipped off. To this day I don't know the purpose of this extra wire - maybe it was a filler to keep the harness snug or a spare
. BTW it does have continuity. When I had the SNAXO I never had to test wires because everything worked fine. The individual who purchased my SNAXO never reported any problems.
Following my sales mishap I sent this cable to Naim North Amexica for repair. Their diagnosis was it didn't work because one of the wires was snipped off. They couldn't repair because they didn't have the tooling and I was advised to send it to the UK factory. Of course the cost of S&H and repair was likely to exceed the cost of another used cable. In the mean time I was asked if I was interested in keeping my cable. Really
Since the cable wasn't any good and I didn't know which side was up why not donate it to NANA? I am not sure if this was the company culture or predatory behavior of one individual. I wasn't in a charitable mood so I kept the cable.
I may be wrong but my uneducated guess is the snipped off wire with missing pins was not a problem. I say this because both connector ends of the cable have 17 pins present which is the mfg spec. All pins except the Ground pin (black wire) have continuity. I ruled out solder failure at the ground wire pins. I probed directly into the ground wire from each end but still have no continuity. There's however continuity between the mesh sleeve & ground pin on the directional marker end - the connector that goes to S-CAP.
- Can anyone please confirm there should be continuity between the ground pins of the SNAXO burndy?
- Can anyone explain the ground pin&wire configuration - it's relationship to the mesh sleeve and the ground pin on the opposite end?
If I destroy the outer casing, it'll probably be easier to investigate in more detail. The question is how to put the harness back into a new outer casing - is this possible with shrink tubing?
Apologies for being long winded and pedantic. Worst case scenario I will donate this cable to Salvation Army or Humane Society before I give it back to the "businessmen" I bought it from.
Thank you in advance for your comments.