Making a male household to 1/4" monoplug socket adapter?

Nick Zentena · Sep 21, 2006

Any reason I shouldn't do this? Paramount I guess is the only premade adapter and that means cross border shipping etc.

Charles Webb · Sep 21, 2006

I see no problem, if polarity (whoops, I am not sure of the spelling) is taken into consideration.

Charlie....................

Nick Zentena · Sep 21, 2006

The speedotron manual mentions just flipping the plug around if it doesn't flash. So I'm hoping that means polarity won't be a big hurdle. Thanks.

AZLF · Sep 21, 2006

I don't think polarity has any bearing on it. The cable is the connecting link in series with the circuit. When the shutter is tripped the shutter closes the sync contact thus completing momentarily the circuit. It matters not at all which way the cable is wired so long as there are two discrete signal paths.

At any rate you should have no problem other than dealing with the tiny funky wire on your average pc cord. I've made up several specialty cables to allow greater freedom of use for my strobes.

Oops. Sorry. Using a 1/4 " to ac plug would not require using the pc cord. But the circuitry remains the same.

Charles Webb · Sep 22, 2006

AZLF,
Thanks for clearing up the issue!

With my Photogenics they are deffinitely sensitive to polarity. If the polarity is incorect, the strobes fire continously as quickly as they recharge, reversing the plug will make them opperate, correctly.

Charlie................................

Nick Zentena · Sep 29, 2006

I've got all the parts for the adapter but haven't received the pack yet. Is there any way I can check with a meter if I've wired everything right?

Ole · Sep 29, 2006

Nick Zentena said:
Any reason I shouldn't do this? Paramount I guess is the only premade adapter and that means cross border shipping etc.

Cross border shipping notwithstanding, I think I may have a few of these adapter cords. They came in a big box of miscellaneous "stuff", along with 14 Speed Graphic lens boards...

Nick Zentena · Sep 29, 2006

household to 1/4"? I get the impression these things are very rare. Other then a special order from Paramount nobody seems to have one. I'm a little suprised that Speedotron doesn't have some. Some of thier new lights use 1/4". It would mean sharing sync cables between new and old that much easier.

Doesn't matter now. I've got all the parts. It's just a matter of wiring the thing together.

Nick Zentena · Oct 4, 2006

So I made a sync cable that only fires the strobe when you plug the cable in. Aren't that many connections for me to get backward but I did. Glad it's not soldered yet.

John Koehrer · Oct 4, 2006

I'm still trying to figure out why you want this configuration cable.

Nick Zentena · Oct 4, 2006

The pack is a household connection. Then I have one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200033241616&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

I need to mate the pack to the slave.

Of course once I've got the sync connection figured I'm going to be pulling my hair out figuring out the power connection Old style power connector on the pack.

John Koehrer · Oct 4, 2006

Now I gets it. An adapter! Nifty.
Please tell me the 1/4" isn't a shorting or stereo receptacle but a standard mic jack.

Nick Zentena · Oct 4, 2006

http://www.sayal.com/images_c/GAT105.gif

That's it.

AUDIO JK 6.3 STEREO METAL CHMT

So did I get the wrong one? I think I got it working now

Of course it seems if I mount it in the project box it's so tight that screwing the box together makes a short :rolleyes:

Making a male household to 1/4" monoplug socket adapter?

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