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Hi there, so i want to try sleeving my power supply cables. I have a modular power supply from Silverstone. I noticed that if i was to try to sleeve my PCI-E Cables, they have these large bulges within their heatshrink. Upon further inspection and testing on an unused cable, it looks like a battery is attached to two of the individual cables. This obviously poses a problem for sleeving the individual cables. My question is do I need this battery-like thing attached for it to work? Or can i remove it to move on with sleeving the rest of my cables. Thank you.

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uh, what battery??

resistor? capacitor?

 

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3 hours ago, Mandrews277 said:

Hi there, so i want to try sleeving my power supply cables. I have a modular power supply from Silverstone. I noticed that if i was to try to sleeve my PCI-E Cables, they have these large bulges within their heatshrink. Upon further inspection and testing on an unused cable, it looks like a battery is attached to two of the individual cables. This obviously poses a problem for sleeving the individual cables. My question is do I need this battery-like thing attached for it to work? Or can i remove it to move on with sleeving the rest of my cables. Thank you.

They aren't batteries, they are capacitors which are used to smooth out the DC output creating a more stable voltage. Technically it should work without them but keeping them would provide the best quality voltage that the PSU will be able to provide.

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battery? o.O 

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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2 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

They aren't batteries, they are capacitors which are used to smooth out the DC output creating a more stable voltage. Technically it should work without them but keeping them would provide the best quality voltage that the PSU will be able to provide.

so should i take them off? I never see any other sleeved cables with them.

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3 minutes ago, Mandrews277 said:

so should i take them off? I never see any other sleeved cables with them.

They are capacitors which improve ripple and efficiency. They aren't needed for practical use but let the companies get better reviews and pass higher standards.

 

When you do your custom cables you just ignore them and wire as if they didn't exist.

 

http://www.evga.com/Products/ProductList.aspx?type=10&family=Power+Supplies&chipset=+Power+Supply+Cable+Set+(Individually+Sleeved)

 

EVGA sells kits for those power supplies without capacitors so clearly they aren't actually needed.

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Thanks man! i appreciate it! and dont worry. i wont come looking for you if it doesn't work. Thank you to everyone else! i really appreciate it!

 

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