aaaaaaaargh molex
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:23 pm
Got my A12 kit in the mail today. Started on it and before I knew it I had the whole thing together in one sitting. Took about 6 hours. I didn't even feel like I was working that fast... triple checked everything, measured each resistor with a multimeter, etc. I am really confident in my work and it looks nice!
THEN I got to the part where I had to hook up the molex connector to the power supply to test. While I was crimping I damaged one of the metal contacts. I put it in the connector to see if it would still "grab" and snapped it on to the molex header 'just to see.' WELL, when I was removing it the $%&* fragile plastic tab broke off. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to go to the electronics store to see if they have a replacement.
The kit was great though! Easy to build, hopefully it works, can't wait to test!
THEN I got to the part where I had to hook up the molex connector to the power supply to test. While I was crimping I damaged one of the metal contacts. I put it in the connector to see if it would still "grab" and snapped it on to the molex header 'just to see.' WELL, when I was removing it the $%&* fragile plastic tab broke off. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to go to the electronics store to see if they have a replacement.
The kit was great though! Easy to build, hopefully it works, can't wait to test!