It's not hard (TT503)

to see what the problem might be here ....

More time on the Church stage box this morning and I think some good progress. Once inside I could see the cable having been pulled out of the clamp had pulled several of the inners tight, caused  broken strands, one broken off completely and a few shorting across.  I had to get my neighbour to help with the clamp - needing four hands - but we managed to get the outer secured again.  The sticky goo left from the tape might help with that :-)

I tidied up a few of the wires and re soldered the ones which were damaged.  Hopefully that will make it more reliable and it will last a few more years.  The cable under the floor looked ok, as far as I could see so no mouse damage if we are lucky.   That chromed 'fork' in the photo is a broken off clip from one of the other sockets - just rattling about loose inside the box and probably not helping either.

We'll know later in the week if things have improved - crossing all available digits.

I’ve added an extra to show more of the inside of the box. 
More on stage boxes in general here

In an ideal world I would re-solder all of the connectors with sleeving over the bare wires, but trying to do that kneeling on the floor in a cold, dimly lit church is not my idea of likely to go well :-)

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I am hosting Wide Wednesday tomorrow.
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