Using hot glue in right angle jacks??

[ianmgull]

Hello,

So I'm in the process of wiring up this month's version of "the ultimate pedalboard". I've ordered a bunch of these:

http://www.futurlec.com/Audio-65mm.shtml

(the cheap flat ones, 5th from the top).

I've heard mixed review about them but since I'm leaving all my pedals stationary on the board I thought "what's the worst that could happen?"

So now that I'm setting it all up, i realize that there is only one terminal inside the jack, and the ground has to be soldered to the inside. There are places where the two wires come very close to touching and on a board with about 15 pedals it only takes one bad connection to screw up a gig. So I was wondering....

Can you think of any problems that would arise from putting a healthy glob of hot glue inside the jacks after they've been soldered to prevent the connections from sorting out? I realize It won't be all that easy to open again, but these things are cheap enough I don't care about that all that much. I'm just trying to avoid having one go out on me at the worst possible time.

Thanks!!!

ian

[John Lyons]

Usually there is a paper insulator to keep the hot wire from shorting the back of the plug but that may only be on some of these type jacks.
Hot glue should be fine for insulation and strain relief. Got for it.

John

[drewl]

It's just gonna flake off eventually.

[ianmgull]

It's just gonna flake off eventually.

The thing is I'm only using the glue inside the jack itself, to keep the wires from moving around and shorting/breaking. I just tried a few and so far, so good. The real acid test will be to see if they last.

[drewl]

It should be fine for many years.
It's the older amps I see that the glue dries out and cracks away.

[Processaurus]

I use hot glue in all the cables I make these days, to prevent the wires from fraying and shorting out.  If there is any problem getting it together after the glue is on, you can get it hot and put the plug together quick, to squish it into the right shape.

Oh yeah, test the cable first with a multimeter for opens and shorts before the glue.