A bit of advice for everybody!

[CraigGT 73]

Do yourself a favour and spend $3 on a right angled USB cable before it's too late!

 

I knocked my plug and broke the connector and even though I have the soldering skills, the socket was a pain to replace.

 

A right angle plug eliminates the possibility of it happening again

 

Craig

 

 

[spikey 699]

Thanks for the tip!

[Joepeggio 76]

Great advice. In fact, I use all right angle cords if there's room.

[tedulrich 21]

Now that my Helix Floor is finally moving to the actual floor, and not on top of my rack (kicking myself for not buying a Helix Rack to begin with), I'm in the process of designing a floor board with a cable blind specifically for that concern.  I just need to settle on how wide I'm going to make it. 

[mikisb 29]

Great hint, same with the POD HD. I always wondered how standard USB plugs go together with a floor unit in stage use - it's even to fragile at home.

 

Alternative hint: Only plug the USB cable when you really need it.

[CraigGT 73]

Alternative hint: Only plug the USB cable when you really need it.

Good point but we never do :-)

[mikisb 29]

well - i learned to do it after soldering a new port in my HD500 while frying some SMD parts located directly beside the socket :wacko:

[CraigGT 73]

There's no smd's nearby in the Helix but it was still a difficult job, a desoldering station would have made it easier.