E-trac internal connector "Dongle" pulled

[ParkHunter]

Hi folks, my buddy was trying to remove a coil of his, and was wondering why his coil wasn't coming out, but that was because he was pulling real hard on the dongle, internal connector thing attached to the e-trac control box.

He said it worked fine after this, but a few days later the e-trac started falsing bad.

Is this due to the internal connector? What can fix this? He says he has warranty.

Here is a picture of what he pulled hard on his e-trac (not his actual machine):

 

[Surfinsafari]

Dongle? Your screwing with us ....right?

 

[ParkHunter]

Dongle? Your screwing with us ....right?

No, I'm completely serious. I saw it was called that on this forum, tell me if I'm making a fool out of myself, lol. But seriously? Can there be an issue here?

 

[sprchng]

He might check the cable end that's attached to the coil and see if anything is obviously damaged there. if not.... That's going to be both expensive to fix and difficult to explain...not necessarily in that order.

 

[ironsight]

Surfinsafari:
Yes an electrical connector connected to a flexible cable is referred to as a dongle, usually referenced with consumer electronics.

Its possible, one or more of the wires in either the detector or coil connector were pulled hard enough to break most of the strands in one or more of the cable wires. One of the strands could of been hanging on by a thread and it too eventually broke open. Or a cable wire was pulled out of its solder connection on the detector's Printed Circut Board but was still making an intermittent contact with the PCB.
That might explain why it worked for a while.

Its also possible if he's lucky, the problem might be in the coil's connector which would be an easy fix. Did he try a different coil?
If the problem follows the coil, then disassembly of the coil's connector is in order.

Never and i mean never pull the two connectors apart by just yanking on the coil cable.
Always firmly grasp and hold the detector connector by its BASE when unscrewing the connector for de-coupling.
Then while still grasping the detector connector by its BASE, pull the coil connector by its BASEs not the cable.

 

[Surfinsafari]

Ironsight....well I learned something new today...now if someone asks me if I know what a dongle is, I can say "yes I do". Sometimes I have to resort to the Urban Dictionary to learn something new. One can obviously see where the word dongle, might...should I say...confuse some people.

 

[ironsight]

Ironsight....well I learned something new today...now if someone asks me if I know what a dongle is, I can say "yes I do". Sometimes I have to resort to the Urban Dictionary to learn something new. One can obviously see where the word dongle, might...should I say...confuse some people.

Yep, i agree, the word 'dongle' at first glance sounds like you know what to some of us older guys.
This here old dog learns new words every day like 'hash tag' that all of a sudden popped up.
Just got to keep up with technology and unfortunately the kids too.

 

[oneguy]

Guess we all learned something today? "Don't be pulling hard on your dongle!"

 

[Surfinsafari]

Guess we all learned something today? "Don't be pulling hard on your dongle!"

Shame on you

 

[Kellyco/Brad]

this thread is great