Strain relief solutions to prevent cable pull out?

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I was just able to turn my AltMill with SLB-EXT and 1.5kW spindle on today and just wanted to check that all the motors worked :slight_smile: It turned out the Y2 motor was not working and when I opened the SLB-EXT cover you could see the power cable for it had pulled free and one next to it was also partially out but still connected. Would be really great if the case had some built in strain relief clamps where the cables go into the box. If they were circular opening instead of rectangular might have been able to use regular electric cable clamps.

In mean time what are people doing to prevent those cables from accidentally being pulled out?

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@DavidB I agree that some (most) of the connectors can detach too easily. It would have been better if they had some kind of a catch to keep them connected until released.

What I have done is used tie wraps to keep the bundles together and routed the cables in such a way that a downward force is applied on the connector when the cover is put in place.

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I do the same as @Chucky_ott with regards to cable position and downwards force, except I’ve never needed to ziptie the cable harness together. I often take the Vortex rotary on and off without issue as well.