Cable Sleeving Guide

[DragoonXX]

I've been personally using my Canon SX100IS and just my desk, Havn't uploaded many photos of my project yet (saving them for a post completion build log)

[nzbleach]

How do you guys get such professional looking pictures?

What camera and backdrop ?

I'm actually complete noob with photography but what I did was use some white paper and layed it over a table. The camera used was a Canon 350D with stock lens and auto settings.

[s e r e n i t y]

Thanks for the tips guys!

I took a few photo's with a piece of paper on the table and it turned out pretty good. However, my camera is a couple of years old now, time to upgrade :P (Merry christmas me)

[CharMz]

please reupload some of the photos this is the perfect guide, i will be using it for me first build

[Marin]

How long are these heatshrink strips?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...90ef6e560d7648

EDIT: nevermind, I see it's per foot.

[AKHandyman]

Read through the whole tutorial and posts, etc ... I have had the sleeve bug for some time now and wasn't sure where I would find the time to read up on it, but when I found this ... I put everything else on hold. What a read! Dangals ... thank-you very, very much and everyone else who has contributed to it.

It will be incorporated into the "Arctic Breeze Way" worklog! Now to order my MM sleeving kit

[Navig]

My own mini guide take here.

As I mentioned early on in this thread, the only thing I add is this: whenever possible add a collar under the heatshrink so that the heatshrink won't pull off the sleeving at some point in the future.

[anubis_is_evil]

thinking to sleeve all the cable in my PSU, especially with the ATX cable one with 1/8 sleeve/cable...

so i just want to know, from the experience of all you guys with sleeving, how much/long do i need to prepare the 1/8 sleeving one.

i'm thinking to get about 10/20m for the 1/8, is that enough or more than enough to sleeve all cable ?

thx..

[DragoonXX]

I think it all depends on how many cables are being sleeved/ how long each cable is/ if you're doing individual, or pairs of cables/ the exact length of your PSU cables... but yeah, 10-20m should be a good guess imo

[jasonelmore]

Well i got my murder mods sleeving in the other day so i'm excited to get everything going. They did not send me any 1/8 heatshrink with my order so I can't do anything really until I get that problem resolved. I just have the 3 bigger sizes and not much of it. But it looks very nice. Anyone got any tips on other things i can use to take these connectors off with? I have a one tool i ordered from PPC's but i'm not sure how well it's going to work. I saw the staple trick in the sleeving guide but i've tried it and can't get it to work. I must not have good staples or somethings. What other toolls have you guys used and what tips can you give me?

[sniperbob]

which connectors are you trying to get off? I used a thumbtack/pushpin for the 4-pin molex and that seemed to work fairly well. I also had a smaller needle type tool for pushing down the barbs on fan connectors. As for the 4/8-pin mobo, 24-pin atx, and 6/8-pin pci-e connectors, I am not sure about those. haven't really tried anything yet that worked for me :shrugs:

[SteveDay72]

Sleeving individual cables from a 6/8/24 pin molex plug will cause more airflow turbulence, since the overall diameter of all the cables added up is greater than sleeving over the entire bunch.

Something I found recently was adhesive backed cloth tape. Wrap this around your cables where they fan out from the sleeving, then put the heatshrink tubing over the transition. It creates a nice clean look with minimal disturbance of the airflow.

I found the cloth tape (black) in the sports section of Wal-Mart. I think it's used for wrapping sports equipment handles.

Steve

[anubis_is_evil]

hai Dangals

what is the commom size of the heatshrink which wrapping the whole cable in the atx above ?...

thx...

[strange|ife]

amazing. This is one of the best sleeving guides I think i've run across.

almost over kill!

I sleeved one psu before..went to turn it on..POOF.

never again, to tedious for my ADD ass.

nice guide though, bookmarked.

[shazza]

For those trying staples to get out the pins ... here's what finally worked for me:

1) use regular size staples - not the mini ones

2) straighten the staple with small needle nose pliers

3) bend the staple as close to the middle as possible to get it even on both sides- I wrapped it around one end of the pliers

4) insert the ends into the sides of the opening for the pin ... wriggle it until you make sure you are contacting the flanges that hold the pin in ... push in as far as you can

5) pull the wire out of the bottom of the connector - sometimes you have to pull pretty hard, but you will generally know if you have the pin released


Using two staples didn't work very well for me, and it was a lot of trial and error to get the technique down. Once you get it working, it isn't too bad.

[dingdong555]

For those trying staples to get out the pins ... here's what finally worked for me:

1) use regular size staples - not the mini ones

2) straighten the staple with small needle nose pliers

3) bend the staple as close to the middle as possible to get it even on both sides- I wrapped it around one end of the pliers

4) insert the ends into the sides of the opening for the pin ... wriggle it until you make sure you are contacting the flanges that hold the pin in ... push in as far as you can

5) Grab a small towel of some sort and hold the ATX connector with it, this will save your hands from cuts/blisters etc.... and make it easier to grab the connector, believe me.

6) pull the wire out of the bottom of the connector - sometimes you have to pull pretty hard, but you will generally know if you have the pin released


Using two staples didn't work very well for me, and it was a lot of trial and error to get the technique down. Once you get it working, it isn't too bad.

[shazza]

Good add, dingdong. My fingers are finally healed. I've actually got another PSYCHOPACK here ready to do another PSU, but I'm just not sure I'm strong enough yet


On another note ... does anyone know of a good guide for combining three fans for a radiator? I had a few last year, but the pics have expired. I know how to do it, but just can't seem to get it as neat as I'd like. (apologies if it's buried in this thread - I've read the whole thing, but don't recall a 3-fan post).

[tool_462]

These work great for the majority of ATX connectors:

[Dangals]

hai Dangals

what is the commom size of the heatshrink which wrapping the whole cable in the atx above ?...

thx...

Anubis - the heatshrink I used there is 20mm which was perfect for the bundle.

To everyone else - thanks for the kind words about the guide - I believe it has a life of its own now and as more and more people try to sleeve their cables they can add to this guide with their own experience and the guide will continue to improve and grow.

[jdmR]

does anyone know the site where they compared the different types of sleeving? it included the murder psycho pack as part of their review

[NameTaken45]

awesome guide, definitely a huge help for people going custom. thanks!

[dingdong555]

Good add, dingdong. My fingers are finally healed. I've actually got another PSYCHOPACK here ready to do another PSU, but I'm just not sure I'm strong enough yet


On another note ... does anyone know of a good guide for combining three fans for a radiator? I had a few last year, but the pics have expired. I know how to do it, but just can't seem to get it as neat as I'd like. (apologies if it's buried in this thread - I've read the whole thing, but don't recall a 3-fan post).

Lucky duck

I want to sell my rig so I have enough cash to do another one!

[Eddie3dfx]

Besides murdermod'z sleeving, does anyone know any other good sleeving?
not technoflex, but others..

Thank you for the guide and this is what I picked up.

[Zw_Roodbaard]

I get my sleeving from a local audioshop in the hometown of a forummember from a different forum.

Maybe you should search for a electronic(like DIY) or a audioshop in your town.

[anubis_is_evil]

Besides murdermod'z sleeving, does anyone know any other good sleeving?
not technoflex, but others..

yeah, have the same question like Eddie..

thinking to get these, are they good as well ? or them is almost about a same as techflex one ?

http://cableorganizer.com/fray-resistant/