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[sam saponaro]

I just built a small little 6 ch drum snake to make setup a little easier.Got 30ft Rapco snake wire and Switchcraft XLR ends.Did a short fan on male end.Did a 10ft fan on the mic end and zip tied the toms lines together and then snare/hat lines together to prevent tangle.6" heatshrink strain reliefs on all ends. Come out pretty nice for a musician sitting at the kitchen table.
Anyways I got it all done but not sure if I should ground the barrels of the XLR jacks to shield?? If I should do I need to do both ends or just the mic ends as the other end(male fan) would ground the barrel through the main snake?

[John Penkala]

I just built a small little 6 ch drum snake to make setup a little easier.Got 30ft Rapco snake wire and Switchcraft XLR ends.Did a short fan on male end.Did a 10ft fan on the mic end and zip tied the toms lines together and then snare/hat lines together to prevent tangle.6" heatshrink strain reliefs on all ends. Come out pretty nice for a musician sitting at the kitchen table.
Anyways I got it all done but not sure if I should ground the barrels of the XLR jacks to shield?? If I should do I need to do both ends or just the mic ends as the other end(male fan) would ground the barrel through the main snake?

I would attach the shield to pin1 not to the shell of the connector. But that's just me.

[Tim McCulloch]

I just built a small little 6 ch drum snake to make setup a little easier.Got 30ft Rapco snake wire and Switchcraft XLR ends.Did a short fan on male end.Did a 10ft fan on the mic end and zip tied the toms lines together and then snare/hat lines together to prevent tangle.6" heatshrink strain reliefs on all ends. Come out pretty nice for a musician sitting at the kitchen table.
Anyways I got it all done but not sure if I should ground the barrels of the XLR jacks to shield?? If I should do I need to do both ends or just the mic ends as the other end(male fan) would ground the barrel through the main snake?

Do NOT bond the XLR shell to pin 1/ground.  You will create problems you've yet to experience.

[sam saponaro]

Do NOT bond the XLR shell to pin 1/ground.You will create problems you've yet to experience.

OK sounds like a plan.
 

[Steve M Smith]

and zip tied the toms lines together and then snare/hat lines together to prevent tangle

Remove the ties and use tape - your hands will thank you at packing up time.

Generally, the outer shell connection is left not connected.


Steve.

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