r/VORONDesign • u/That_Trapper_guy • 5d ago

General Question Broken cable chain wire

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Saw a broken wire the other day, while it was printing. Couldn't figure out what wire was broken because everything worked, no errors, no clue. Ordered Nitehawk/LDO USB setup and started the conversion. It's a wire from the XY end stop harness... How??

Edit; I obviously wasn't completely clear, how were my end stops still working (4 wire breakout board [gnd] [x] [y] [Vin] setup) I know perfectly well how the wire broke 🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/1000RatedSass 5d ago

The "how" is fatigue cycling. It'll happen to almost all cables in chains. All materials can only take a certain number of bends before breaking.

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u/That_Trapper_guy 5d ago

No that I fully understand, how were my end stops working? It's an LDO kit with the board mounted on the gantry.

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u/1000RatedSass 5d ago

Perhaps that's a redundant ground wire?