6 pin Leslie to dual xlr connector

[IsraelARB]

Hello everyone!
I’m not sure if this has already been done but I was thinking about this throughout the day...
Is it possible to get buy six pin leslie connectors and solder the wires from 2 xlr connectors (one xlr for every three pins of the leslie connector) to make short custom leslie connectors with dual xlr for both female and male sides respectively to be able to use xlr cables of any length to keep both sides connected? Hope you guys understand this lol

Simply put, to make a short leslie splitter cable with xlr on the other ends.

[muckelroy]

Possible, yes. Good idea, probably not. XLR connectors are not rated to carry line voltage (120 / 240 VAC.)

If you're going down this road, you have to read the data sheets for the connectors being used as well as the cabling being used. A popular alternative connector is Amphenol EP-6. They are rated at 200V RMS, so it may not be wise to use with a 240V line, but fine to use for 120V line.

Your milage may vary, proceed at your own risk, all of that.

[Drawbar Dave]

A Cannon connector looks like an XLR but is mains rated. My BX3 had one professionally fitted. I don’t know if they are still legal but mine carried 240 vac no problem.

[Jyvoipabo]

Hello,

You must have to tell us what kind of Leslie is concerned.

If 122 it seems possible with one standard mike XLR cable :

Amphenol pin 2 is ground = XLR 1.
Balanced signal is between pin 1 and 6 = XLR 2&3, providing also the 'Phantom' speed control.

Then, you must have to add a standard power socket in the Leslie and wire B+ in the organ.

JP

[Wes]

This is a bad bad bad bad idea. You are just asking to blow up PA gear.

[Tim_at_Jonas]

Just stick with the standard connector. If you need a line out, that should be done on the organ. If you want to run two Leslies, just wire a second 6 pin female in parallel with the first.

The Neutrik NL8 is rated for 250V and 30A (though not necessarily simultaneously), however Neutrik specifically states that it is not to be used as a mains connector. I suspect the same is true of the EP6.

[muckelroy]

The biggest weakness of the standard connector is that the female connector wears out. Depending on which pin wears out first, the types of issue you may have varies tremendously when it happens. I don't know what these connectors are rated at mechanically, but I know of at least one church that plays their organ every Sunday, and unplugs the Leslie cable after each service is over. I replaced the cable's female connector a while back. Then, about 2.5 years later, I had to replace the same connector for the same reason.

The male connector pins almost never wear out, rather what happens more often is the plastic body might crack, or the ring clamp wears out causing the connector to have play and wiggle. This happens a lot less often than the case of female connectors wearing out.

For this reason, you should just carry a backup Leslie cable at all times. If or when the female side wears out, swap them, get on with the performance. Replace the connector when you have time.

I agree wholeheartedly with Wes. Wiring up 2 identical 3 pin XLR connectors to attach one single Leslie is an absolutely terrible idea.

[Tim_at_Jonas]

Yeppers. I once plugged in a stock cable and thought "this one is really good!". Took another look: Rotated by one pin! Replaced the socket.