… but definitely over-complicated. Although this is electrical/electronic connections rather than mechanical, I like Allison Williams’s 2012 characterization of a Rube Goldberg mechanism.
These cables power the lighting for my foldio photo box or photo studio. The LED strip is now lighting at only about 30% of its capacity because ten of the 18 diodes have failed completely, 6 are dim, leaving only two that seem to light up at full power. This is the photo I took to share with Orangemonkie to show what cables I have, so that they might help me figure out what I need to do with currently-available components to get back to full lighting.
Originally, the light strip was powered by a 9-volt alkaline battery. When something went bad, they sent me the short cable and the wall outlet adapter. Clearly, the 9-volt battery system was not popular with users, so they were trying something else.
The current solution USB-A and micro USB connections. Of course my SIL says (correctly) that everything should be USB-C now, but that's another conversation; see “Research”.
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I like the hight contrast and the "lab" look of the picture.
You are determined in finding a solution. My husband would also work hard to save the subject. I'd be encline to retire it for a newer, shinier one :)
@randystreat But the light strip isn't working, so I have to do something. The choice is between getting one or two new light strips ($8 + shipping or $16 + shipping) or upgrading to the next-larger photo-box ($79 + shipping).
@corinnec The upgrade is pricey $85ish versus replacement lighting that's only $20ish... The shinier, fancier one is tempting, but how much do I use it? Seventy-four posts, so far (since getting it in 2015), https://365project.org/rhoing/tags/foldio
@thewatersphotos At least they realized that users weren't happy with the original lighting setup. But when they decided to go away from the 9-volt battery source, they had to acknowledge that a bunch of users out here had the 9-volt connector on their light strip. So users like me ended up with the setup shown above.
January 30th, 2024
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You are determined in finding a solution. My husband would also work hard to save the subject. I'd be encline to retire it for a newer, shinier one :)