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BrianG · 10.04.2007, 08:21 PM

OK, first of all, I edited your post to number the images to make the following explanation easier to understand. I hope you don't mind...

The leftmost connector in pic 3 is probably meant to slide onto the connectors in pic 5.

The rightmost connector in pic 3 is probably meant to attach to the terminal block in pic 4.

So, you somehow mount the terminal block (pic 4) to the case near the output strip (pic 5).

Then, make some short jumpers with the leftmost connector type (pic 3) on one end and the rightmost connector type on the other. Since there are two screws on the terminal strip (pic 4), you use one from each pair for the jumper wire, and the other screw to go to whatever you plan to hook this to (charger?).

Since the fans are 5v, you use the 5v line and ground for those. You won't be using the 3.3v line unless you have a use for it somehow, or can use that line to add a load resistor to help regulation (assuming that the 3.3v line is used for that purpose - it could also be the 5v line).

To short the two pins, see if you can find a spare computer harddrive master/slave jumper. That should fit onto the pins in question.

I have no idea what those cylinder things are. They don't look like caps. I would leave those unconnected for now until you get the instructions.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	10.04.2007, 08:21 PM OK, first of all, I edited your post to number the images to make the following explanation easier to understand. I hope you don't mind... The leftmost connector in pic 3 is probably meant to slide onto the connectors in pic 5. The rightmost connector in pic 3 is probably meant to attach to the terminal block in pic 4. So, you somehow mount the terminal block (pic 4) to the case near the output strip (pic 5). Then, make some short jumpers with the leftmost connector type (pic 3) on one end and the rightmost connector type on the other. Since there are two screws on the terminal strip (pic 4), you use one from each pair for the jumper wire, and the other screw to go to whatever you plan to hook this to (charger?). Since the fans are 5v, you use the 5v line and ground for those. You won't be using the 3.3v line unless you have a use for it somehow, or can use that line to add a load resistor to help regulation (assuming that the 3.3v line is used for that purpose - it could also be the 5v line). To short the two pins, see if you can find a spare computer harddrive master/slave jumper. That should fit onto the pins in question. I have no idea what those cylinder things are. They don't look like caps. I would leave those unconnected for now until you get the instructions.