What cable is used in the picture? There is no explanation about which cable is meant here. Is it the cable shown in step 80 above, which already has two connectors on both ends? Do I need to also cut them off? There is no explanation.
What is the recommended length of the white cable? It looks much shorter than the red and black ones...
Again, why all this cut off the exising connectors and crimping stuff? So many parts are delivered with a proper connector. Why does RatRig not provide the proper plugs on its EBB32 board? I don't get it. It becomes really annoying from the build experience perspective.
Cable colors of my 4-wire fan cable does not match the picture.
Also missing proper and EARLY hints in the mechanical kit assembly documentation that some parts (like all the parts affected by this crimping marathon) should be better prepared for wiring BEFORE the assembly of those parts. I have mounted everything as per the description and now struggle to get all those cables crimped while these parts are mounted. :(
What is unclear to me here is the 1500 mm long cable. What do I need to do with it? It has two JST-XH2.52 connectors, fine. But what now? Clip them also off? Even in the following steps there is no explanation what exactly you want me to do. This part of the build manual is very confusing over all. I read it few times but multiple times missing explanations or some advice what to do.
All my cables are actually twisted and hence, does not correspond to the pictures shown. It is just confusing.
Why isn't a proper cable just part of the kit? I do not consider this much self-crimping useful if one needs to cut off good cable connectors and exchange them by something else. Error-prone and just uneccessary work. This should really come pre-manufactured.
It is really a pitty that the good pre-manufactured hotend connectors actually need to be clipped off just to put on a cheap and wobbly JST-connector. I don't get the point here. Why does RatRig not make sure the proper plugs are available on the little EBB32 board or provide a proper ready-made cable set? It is cumbersome and error-prone to crimp this stuff all by myself. Uneccessary step from my perspective.
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What cable is used in the picture? There is no explanation about which cable is meant here. Is it the cable shown in step 80 above, which already has two connectors on both ends? Do I need to also cut them off? There is no explanation.
What is the recommended length of the white cable? It looks much shorter than the red and black ones...
Again, why all this cut off the exising connectors and crimping stuff? So many parts are delivered with a proper connector. Why does RatRig not provide the proper plugs on its EBB32 board? I don't get it. It becomes really annoying from the build experience perspective.
Cable colors of my 4-wire fan cable does not match the picture.
Also missing proper and EARLY hints in the mechanical kit assembly documentation that some parts (like all the parts affected by this crimping marathon) should be better prepared for wiring BEFORE the assembly of those parts. I have mounted everything as per the description and now struggle to get all those cables crimped while these parts are mounted. :(
What is unclear to me here is the 1500 mm long cable. What do I need to do with it? It has two JST-XH2.52 connectors, fine. But what now? Clip them also off? Even in the following steps there is no explanation what exactly you want me to do. This part of the build manual is very confusing over all. I read it few times but multiple times missing explanations or some advice what to do.
All my cables are actually twisted and hence, does not correspond to the pictures shown. It is just confusing.
Why isn't a proper cable just part of the kit? I do not consider this much self-crimping useful if one needs to cut off good cable connectors and exchange them by something else. Error-prone and just uneccessary work. This should really come pre-manufactured.
It is really a pitty that the good pre-manufactured hotend connectors actually need to be clipped off just to put on a cheap and wobbly JST-connector. I don't get the point here. Why does RatRig not make sure the proper plugs are available on the little EBB32 board or provide a proper ready-made cable set? It is cumbersome and error-prone to crimp this stuff all by myself. Uneccessary step from my perspective.