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<blockquote data-quote="Lee Dickinson" data-source="post: 4959" data-attributes="member: 79">Hi Guys - been too busy to post in a long time!So, at a strike the other night, I had a new guy strip the cables from the speaker rig. Didn&#039;t even ask him to coil them. What could go wrong? Here&#039;s what: He could break EVERY SINGLE in and out speakon on EVERY SINGLE CABINET by using two hands to wrench the speakons out without pulling the release tab.No one saw it happen; didn&#039;t discover it until the next gig when half the cables dropped out of the air during sound check.These are old all-plastic NL4s, before Neutrik added little metal plates to the locking channels.So, now I&#039;ve got twenty cabinets that need new NL4 and NL8 jacks, times two. We have a nice Hakko soldering station, but would like to complement that with a desolder pump for this project. Anyone have a favorite? What do you think of bulb type vs. the electric pump type?Thanks. Keep an eye on your newbies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lee Dickinson, post: 4959, member: 79"] Hi Guys - been too busy to post in a long time! So, at a strike the other night, I had a new guy strip the cables from the speaker rig. Didn't even ask him to coil them. What could go wrong? Here's what: He could break EVERY SINGLE in and out speakon on EVERY SINGLE CABINET by using two hands to wrench the speakons out without pulling the release tab. No one saw it happen; didn't discover it until the next gig when half the cables dropped out of the air during sound check. These are old all-plastic NL4s, before Neutrik added little metal plates to the locking channels. So, now I've got twenty cabinets that need new NL4 and NL8 jacks, times two. We have a nice Hakko soldering station, but would like to complement that with a desolder pump for this project. Anyone have a favorite? What do you think of bulb type vs. the electric pump type? Thanks. Keep an eye on your newbies. [/QUOTE]

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