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I've been attempting to locate some replacement/repair type 2.5mm right
angle/90 degree plugs and haven't found a supplier.

I'd settle for pre-wired 4 conductor cables with molded R-A plugs if I could
find something of decent quality.
The plugs are needed to make a cable for audio, video, +5V and ground (the
A/V grounds are common).

I may end up needing to take straight plugs and discard the cover/strain
relief, and form a R-A body from epoxy.. but basically no longer repairable.

It's one of those aspects of small miniturized devices having straight plugs
sticking out of them like antlers, defeating the compactness and inviting
damaged internal cable jacks.

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Wild_Bill wrote:
I purchased 2-4 pieces of several different versions with right-angle
plugs from the supplier in Korea and hopefully they'll be fairly easy
to modify for my AV plus power leads.


Hope it works out!

When I have made splitter or adapter cables like this in the past, I
have used a 35 mm film canister as the "lump" in the middle where one
cable breaks into several. This gives plenty of room for splicing.

These days I am a little bit better at soldering, plus I don't know
where to get 35 mm film canisters anymore, so I would probably use
something smaller.

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For low voltage mini cables I'm using rounded, small pieces of sheet plastic
with hot melt glue sandwiched together to form a sealed junction block of
sorts.
An inline flat oval shape rarely snags on anything and reinforces the the
cable strength.

A box-like cover can be constructed with 3 shaped pieces of flat plastic,
and carving out a hole and cable entry/exits in the center layer (rotary
tool, Dremel, mini mill or engraving machine).
When glued together the sections form a durable, sealed cover for the
junction. Shielding could be fairly easily included if needed.

Epoxy putty can be used, the kind that comes as a 2-part log, which a slice
is removed and mashed/kneaded/mixed until it's a uniform color, then shaped
around the junction. These epoxy products have a typical set-up time of 5
minutes although some are quicker.

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When I have made splitter or adapter cables like this in the past, I
have used a 35 mm film canister as the "lump" in the middle where one
cable breaks into several. This gives plenty of room for splicing.

These days I am a little bit better at soldering, plus I don't know
where to get 35 mm film canisters anymore, so I would probably use
something smaller.

Matt Roberds


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