Ultracortex electrode holder wire broke off at crimp nut

jessicaloke · June 2018

After multiple usage, the wires from the electrodes have snapped (from the frequent tightening/twisting). Photo here. I cannot find the option to purchase only the electrodes on the OpenBCI shop. Where can I find replacement in order to continue with the experiment?

wjcroft · June 2018

Jessica, hi.

Did you get an email notification on the reply I left at:

http://openbci.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1356/need-replacement-crimp-nuts-used-on-ultracortex-iv-electrode-holders-snapped-electrode-wire#latest

I should have put a @jessicaloke in that merge reply just to make sure you got it.

This is not an issue with the 'electrode' per se, but with a tiny part of the holder, called the crimp nut. Can you also email to contact at openbci.com and post any replies in that thread? Mentioning @openbci, @biomurph, @Conor.

One other 'workaround' for the stress caused by twisting, is to unplug the connector before making large changes in the number of turns of the electrode holder screw. Then plug back in when complete. Does that make sense?

Thanks,

William

Ultracortex electrode holder wire broke off at crimp nut

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