maybe they arent crimped well inside the plug, pull the crimps out with the right extractor and flow a touch of solder on them? may work.
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Quoted from WeirPinball:never solder connectors
Bro I meant solder the wire inside the trifurcon and place it back into the plug
Quoted from WeirPinball:I understand - just do it right - no need for solder
It's better than right, it ensures the wire is bonded to the connection you're crimping it in and it will never ever fail again.
You said never solder the connection understanding what I meant, so explain why, I can't think of a negative.
Quoted from Jenk540i:I thought about that but I have tested continuity through the connector while tugging on each wire and each one tests fine. Makes me think it’s less likely that it’s the connector.
It would take 5 minutes to pop the pins out of the plug and drop a bit of solder on the crimp then you won't have to guess anymore about if it's the plug or not. I have seen some bad crimps on the stern games, sometimes they barely even strip The wire. Other than that maybe swap your eight and nine node boards if the switches connect to one of those.
Quoted from WeirPinball:Crimp connectors and displacement connectors are not meant to be soldered.
Not to get into some side argument here but I would bet if we found the guy who invented the molex trifurcon crimp, he couldn't come up with a negative about a drop of solder on his connection either.
There's always room for improvements and it won't hurt anything so don't say "never do it" that's just dumb.
Quoted from WeirPinball:here is some good reading
http://www.pinrepair.com/connect/#solder
Thanks I read it, I did see this in there which is what I was trying to convey.
"Now if there is a bad or improper crimp on a terminal pin, solder can increase the performance of a crimp"
So I can agree to disagree. Namaste.
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