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Digital weigh-head cable problem

My dog has chewed the end off the cable that connects the weigh-head to the load bar on my Rancher Gripper :mad:. Had a proper look at it tonight. I was hoping that the load bar end would be similar to the other end and would simply need disconnected and replaced. But it goes in to a housing that I was reluctant to poke about with.

So, what's the best way to proceed? I don't even know what the proper name for the cable is! Photos below, with the culprit in the background.
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Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
You love him really .


Strip them out both ends if theres enough . Get some appropriate size heat shrink ( and bigger sleeve to go over the lot at the end )slide on one end.

then solder each wire and shrink the sleeves over and s bind of insulation tape over the top again if you like.
 
You love him really .


Strip them out both ends if theres enough . Get some appropriate size heat shrink ( and bigger sleeve to go over the lot at the end )slide on one end.

then solder each wire and shrink the sleeves over and s bind of insulation tape over the top again if you like.
Hmm, soldering and the like isn't my thing, plus I can't even find the weigh-head end now. She's probably buried it! Thanks for the advice but I wouldn't trust myself to do it anyway.

Will I need to send it away to get repaired?
 

Bury the Trash

Member
Mixed Farmer
Hmm, soldering and the like isn't my thing, plus I can't even find the weigh-head end now. She's probably buried it! Thanks for the advice but I wouldn't trust myself to do it anyway.

Will I need to send it away to get repaired?
:facepalm:

Any body handy like that will do it surely . Your Electrician ? Or car garage even ....

It's easy Just need a steady hand and a hot iron for soldering just remember to tin the ends up a bit before starting proper manner .It's all on u tube yanks mainly who refer to it as sodering :rolleyes:

I do all that sort of stuff of my own repairs pratical Pete is my name......Its the bledy paperwork type stuff I cant do :banghead:
Btw I see the tail wagging action was caught by the camera. :ROFLMAO:
 
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Limcrazy

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Busted the end of my Ritchie digital scales this spring. Of course spare parts couldn't be got but my local electrical repair guy put new male and female ends on weigh scale and bridge.
 

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