gareth Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Anyone got any 'hot tips' for decent connectors to use for making up some touring assemblies involving RGBW tape? Obviously need to be 5-pole, reasonably cheap, not too bulky, ideally available in black, would be nice to avoid 5-pin XLR so as to alleviate possible confusion with DMX when given to venue crews to install! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 These chinese waterproof type ones seem to be common. They come with the cable already moulded on so save termination time. They are a bit of a faff to disconnect if you do up the locking screw too much. But you can buy T's and ready made extension cables. https://www.ebay.co....mm/232894389950 edit... that ad does not actually sell 5 pin ones despite listing them in the title. This one has 5 pinhttps://www.ebay.co....-U/232894388715 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Anderson connectors? e.g. RS 534979. You can make them up in any number of ways and if they are side by side they end up fairly flat. Down side is that they don't have any strain relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itiba Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 6-pin XLR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 This is only a thought, which is a bodge and not very fully thought through, but recently when in a pinch for RGB tape connecters I used 3-pin XLR and used the solder contacts on the shield for the 4th connector. So by that logic 4-pin XLRs with the shield / casing at the 5th pole would work, but it probably results in +12V on the casing so that depends on the environment as to whether that's a concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Weipu SP13/17/21 IP68 nylon shell, screw locking , tougher than Buccaneer, neater than dangling Wagos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biskit Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 This is only a thought, which is a bodge and not very fully thought through, but recently when in a pinch for RGB tape connecters I used 3-pin XLR and used the solder contacts on the shield for the 4th connector. So by that logic 4-pin XLRs with the shield / casing at the 5th pole would work, but it probably results in +12V on the casing so that depends on the environment as to whether that's a concern. Just have to be a bit careful with that type of scenario as you would need to be absolutely sure that only your 'special' cable was used. This is because the XLR shells aren't routinely connected, or worse (for this scenario) some people tie the shell contact to pin 1 when soldering up a lead. That means if someone tried to use, say, a scroller cable (4-pin XLR) they would find it either wouldn't work, or worse, could short out your power rail to ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 6-pin XLR? I'd say avoid 6pin as a 5pin plug will mate with a 6pin socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks for all the suggestions. I've looked at various alternatives, but to be honest as it's very much a temporary one-tour-only kinda thing I think I'm just going to go with 5-pin XLR - for reasons of both cost and aesthetics. I'll just avoid giving the job to any venue crew and plug it all up myself at every venue, to avoid any potential confusion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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