Rewired Falcon F16 V4 Controller Port wires

[email protected] 9/25/2024
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With my unexpected time off from work due to hurricane Helene, I decided to replace the controllers' port cables that I cut and hardwired last year. Went well until I hooked her up and fired up a light sequence.... blackness on one of the ports. Further inspection revealed I had offset one of the connectors which blew the fuse on the port. Sigh, stupid old eyeballs! Ugg, stomp stomp!

Red - 12v
Black - ground
Yellow - data


Prior to rewiring



Completed wiring



Connector misalignment causing fuse to blow.


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