Re: Insulating D-shell from chassis?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, zephyrus@r... wrote:
> I'm building chassis for my Xylotex controllers, and I need to
insulate the
> female D connector from the chassis to prevent a ground loop in
the signal
> path.
>
> Does anyone have a good/elegant way to do this? My choices seem
to be to:
>
> 1. Inlet a piece of non-conductive material in the front panel and
mount
> the D connector to this.
>
> 2. Use an all-plastic D connector (without metal grommets at the
mounting
> holes) and non-metallic mounting hardware.
>
> 3. Mount the D connector as usual, and cut a piece out of the
parallel
> cable shield adjacent to the driver box end. Since the cable is
> pre-terminated, I can't get a piece of heatshrink on it and would
need to
> use electrical tape.
>
> All 3 ideas sound kludgy to me. Any suggestions/experience?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy
>
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