24 Pin Power Cable Mod

[kyle2020]

Oh, i also just spotted (on maplins site) some 3mm heatshrink with an adhesive central layer that bonds when its heated up - surely that would be better than regular?

 

[MKmods]

Oh, i also just spotted (on maplins site) some 3mm heatshrink with an adhesive central layer that bonds when its heated up - surely that would be better than regular?

do you have a link?

So ill need like an inch diameter shrink and like a 20mm braid?

Depends if you are removing the wires from the 24 pin plug or are going to try and force the sleeve over the plug and wires all together.

 

[kenkickr]

One thing I have done in the past when sleeving a PSU is take some masking tape and draw a diagram of the PSU 20/24 pin connect, 4 pin, and so on. then draw or mark 1-20/24 or just the starting letter of the color of each wire on the diagram. Now as I took each cable out I would take a little masking tape to put around the wire and mark the number that it coordinates to on the diagram that I made. Too me it made it very easy to do the sleeving.

 

[kenkickr]

If anyone is interested I found some 1/8" sleeving on Ebay that I thought was priced pretty well. I shared my find with MK and he, I think, approved. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1-8-...95224233QQptZCarQ5fElectronicsQ5fInstallation.
There's different colors but I thought i should go with blue since my exterior is blue.

 

[MKmods]

That is an awesome deal for good quality sleeving.. I just picked up a couple hundred feet of the carbon black sleeve.
BIG thanks to kentkickr for the heads up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1-8-...ryZ38636QQihZ023QQitemZ360096817216QQtcZphoto
Looks like shipping is a very good deal too.

 

[kenkickr]

I just picked up the blue. To think, I almost bought the same stuff on frozencpu for my left nut!

 

[freaksavior]

That is an awesome deal for good quality sleeving.. I just picked up a couple hundred feet of the carbon black sleeve.
BIG thanks to kentkickr for the heads up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1-8-...ryZ38636QQihZ023QQitemZ360096817216QQtcZphoto
Looks like shipping is a very good deal too.

Hundred?

 

[kenkickr]

Maybe MK's gonna use 75ft to make himself a Manny Wig(Manny Ramirez of the LA Dodgers, currently).

 

[MKmods]

Hundred?

LOL, when the guy on Ebay figures out he is selling it tooooo cheap that will be the end of .12 a foot sleeve..
(he sells it even cheaper in 100 foot pieces)

 

[freaksavior]

its cheaper than i got the stuff for you!

 

[MKmods]

lol, I paid like .45 a foot for the tubing I used the first time on ur cable.

 

[kenkickr]

Hopefully we'all don't get hosed in the quality department.

 

[MKmods]

Hopefully we'all don't get hosed in the quality department.

I just talked to him and he is a pretty nice guy and has tons of tubing. He consolidated my 3 orders (saved me a few $ in shipping)

He seems to have a few different kinds, the Tech Flex is the best and the PET is one thats less $. (I got them both to see myself which is better to work with)

 

[kenkickr]

Cool,Cool! Can't wait to get it and show off my idea since right now is a good time due to having to send my Asus board off for the 2nd time.

 

[freaksavior]

I just talked to him and he is a pretty nice guy and has tons of tubing. He consolidated my 3 orders (saved me a few $ in shipping)

He seems to have a few different kinds, the Tech Flex is the best and the PET is one thats less $. (I got them both to see myself which is better to work with)

got the cable mark. looks great thanks

 

[MKmods]

ur welcome.

 

[Maju]

Nice to see people having a go at this.

Here's my effort from a little while ago.

and parts
of
the
journey



If I were to offer any advice then I would suggest a, buy more heatshrink and small diameter braiding than you think you'll need cos it is bloody infuriating having to wait 2-4 days for some more to arrive by post. Seriously for the cost of an extra .5m it is so worth it. Likewise with the larger sizes of heatshrink as what is supplied in kits doesn't really leave you with a lot to spare - or thinking about it it might be because i used 2 psu's.

Secondly, persevere with the pin removal tool. I swear I had blisters and cuts all over my fingers from trying to prise those buggers loose.

Also be very carefull with the heat source you use to shrink the tubing. The nylon sheathing shrinks very quickly if you get too close.

Cut the lengths of sheathing and heatshrink a few at a time as it makes it easier to get the job done.
I found it all in all easier to slide the heatshrink over the sheathing before fitting it over the wire.

Often times a bit of sticky tape stuck tightly around the pin can help prevent it snagging the braiding.

And last but not least a hands free tool can come in very handy when playing with lots of wires.

Lets see the efforts of your labours people

 

[MKmods]

very nice job, quite colorful.

 

[theJesus]

Yeah, I really like the color combination there. I almost always prefer everything black for my stuff, but it's nice to see something different every now and then.

And I hope that guy keeps selling more that sleeving, cuz I definitely want some if I manage to get one of the jobs I've applied for recently.

 

[kenkickr]

This guy is a pretty quick shipper. It's already half way here so Wed I should be able to get my project started! Woot!!

 

[Thrackan]

slightly offtopic, but this thread covers ATX plug modding:
I currently use a 20->24 pin convertor but I want to mod the wires from the 20-pin connector directly into the 24-pin connector.
Now this would make it necessary to reroute 4 cables to the 4 empty slots. I wonder if it would hurt that those cables have a different length from PSU to plug, since I have to reroute them?
It's supposed to be DC, so I think there's no frequency synching problem here, but I'm not entirely sure.

 

[ste2425]

hey great work with the psu really inspired me to ave a go at stuff like that just a question. In this pic, uve got each wire seperatly wrapped uptill that tie bit. Then is it just one really large tube thing going round all of them or still seperate little ones round each wire?

 

[MKmods]

it is the original sleeve. Basically the individual ones extend about 1" into the large sleeve than I held them with a wire tie.

The new version I extended the individual wires about 2" into the large one so they wouldnt pull out if bent a lot.

slightly offtopic, but this thread covers ATX plug modding:
I currently use a 20->24 pin convertor but I want to mod the wires from the 20-pin connector directly into the 24-pin connector.
Now this would make it necessary to reroute 4 cables to the 4 empty slots. I wonder if it would hurt that those cables have a different length from PSU to plug, since I have to reroute them?
It's supposed to be DC, so I think there's no frequency synching problem here, but I'm not entirely sure.

I am not clear on what your plan is. I cant imagine that lengths we deal with in a comp case could have a noticeable effect on the current. (when wires are like 10 to 100feet long its different but not with the short runs inside a case.

 

[Thrackan]

Basically:

CABLE  ---|PLUG
NO CABLE |-|PLUG

I have to double some cables (4 of course going from 20 to 24 pins)
So the 4 doubled, or double routed, looped, cables are going to be a different length from PSU to plug than the "normal" 20 pin cables I can fit in.

 

[MKmods]

I did the mod you are talking about before by splicing the extra 4 wires into existing wires (turning 20 into 24) and to this day it still works fine.
The amount of power through the wires is plenty to support it.

On one 24 pin plug I consolidated the amount of wires to 6 larger gauge wires (example five 18ga yellows I changed into one 10ga wire)