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Hi, I am a tattooist and have questions relating power and cables.
1) Just to get you guys familiar, I have a rca cable where one end is a gold 1/4 jack and the other end is a single male gold rca plug. The 1/4 jack is connected to a power supply and the rca head is plugged into the tattoo machine. Few days ago my tattoo machine just stopped out of nowhere and found out that the rca cable died even though I bought it just a few days ago. I can feel the cable being hot. I checked the continuity and everything was beeping fine on the multimeter. I then checked the current and it didn’t provide the current that it should have. - Does anyone know what happend to the cable? And is there a easy fix to fix it?
2) Also what is the difference between buying expensive cables that have gold plated jack/plug compared to cheap silver plated cables? Or are there all the same? Or can cheap cables able to short and ruin equipment?
3) How can I check if cables or a 90 degree right angle rca adaptor are safe to use on my power supply and tattoo machine? Just wanting to know if there is a way to test so I can avoid anything shorting or ruining my expensive machine. If it is even possible?
4) What are tattoo machine rca cables called? I find not much local shops sell the 1/4 jack to a single male rca head only. The cables that most local shop sells are for video and they have red, yellow, white rca heads which is not what I need. I only need cables with 1/4 jack to single rca head. Are tattoo machine rca cables a special kind of cable? If so hard to find can I make one? If so how?
Thanks!
1) Just to get you guys familiar, I have a rca cable where one end is a gold 1/4 jack and the other end is a single male gold rca plug. The 1/4 jack is connected to a power supply and the rca head is plugged into the tattoo machine. Few days ago my tattoo machine just stopped out of nowhere and found out that the rca cable died even though I bought it just a few days ago. I can feel the cable being hot. I checked the continuity and everything was beeping fine on the multimeter. I then checked the current and it didn’t provide the current that it should have. - Does anyone know what happend to the cable? And is there a easy fix to fix it?
2) Also what is the difference between buying expensive cables that have gold plated jack/plug compared to cheap silver plated cables? Or are there all the same? Or can cheap cables able to short and ruin equipment?
3) How can I check if cables or a 90 degree right angle rca adaptor are safe to use on my power supply and tattoo machine? Just wanting to know if there is a way to test so I can avoid anything shorting or ruining my expensive machine. If it is even possible?
4) What are tattoo machine rca cables called? I find not much local shops sell the 1/4 jack to a single male rca head only. The cables that most local shop sells are for video and they have red, yellow, white rca heads which is not what I need. I only need cables with 1/4 jack to single rca head. Are tattoo machine rca cables a special kind of cable? If so hard to find can I make one? If so how?
Thanks!