Does anybody know what's the name of this cable?

[mark911]

Hello, does anybody know the name of this type of cable? It's for 3.5mm front audio cable. I can buy  this 23AWG wire but this type of isolation....I don't know the name for it.... any help would be much appreciated.

[ahuckphin]

This looks to be for front panel audio on desktop computer cases. 

[mark911]

15 minutes ago, bindydad123 said:

This looks to be for front panel audio on desktop computer cases. 

Yeah, I wrote it, my question is about that wire, what type of wire is that.....

[KNG_HOLDY]

copper

no but seriously its prop something custom maybe just google the name of the item you got this pcb from (e.q. your case) and try to look up replacement parts on some chinese site like alibaba? 

[Bajantechnician]

4 hours ago, mark911 said:

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keep in mind the gauge of the thinner wires, I cant really tell the size by the picture

 

Its called 8 core Signal wire. You can find more links by googling 8 core UL2464

https://www.pacrad.com/belden-cable-bulk-audio-1805f-500.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000151213679.html

https://sites.google.com/a/e.ledstringlights.xyz/a157/HomeImprovement/audio-cable-2-copper-wire

[mark911]

1 hour ago, Bajantechnician said:

keep in mind the gauge of the thinner wires, I cant really tell the size by the picture

 

Its called 8 core Signal wire. You can find more links by googling 8 core UL2464

https://www.pacrad.com/belden-cable-bulk-audio-1805f-500.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000151213679.html

https://sites.google.com/a/e.ledstringlights.xyz/a157/HomeImprovement/audio-cable-2-copper-wire

That's what I was looking for. Thank you Sir!!!! 

[mariushm]

It's just plain copper wires. Maybe it's some copper/aluminum mesh on the outside of the copper wires which are connected to one of the ground wires in the connector.

There's nothing fancy, there's just some black heatshrink at one end.

 

You can look on Digikey, Mouser, Newark/Farnell, TME.eu, RS Components at cables

I'll point you to Digikey as the filtering menu is easiest to use there

 

If you know the exact connector, you may be able to find such cable in the "Cable assemblies" section of the site, ready made. However, you can skip the connector by that circuit board and solder the wires directly. On the other end, it's standard dupont (0.1" pitch connector) you can use any crimping tool on it or buy ready made cables.

 

here's all cables AWG22 or thinner, 8..10 conductors : https://www.digikey.com/short/zq9543

 

From that list

 

1 meter Plain 8 wires, AWG26 (typical for 0.1" pitch, computer cable, no braid sleeve) : 30-01319 Tensility International Corp | Cables, Wires | DigiKey

 

same but awg28 , a bit thinner : 30-00522 Tensility International Corp | Cables, Wires | DigiKey

 

1 meter, shielding (solder tiny wire to shield/mesh/braid, connect wire to a wire tied to ground, put heatshink over solder point) : 30-00674 Tensility International Corp | Cables, Wires | DigiKey

 

5 meter lengths : 30-01319 Tensility International Corp | Cables, Wires | DigiKey

 

Another option would be buying plain single core wire (awg 24, awg 26 etc) and then use sleeve to contain all 8 wires nicely ... examples of single core wires: https://www.digikey.com/short/zq9rt9

You don't want the cheapest, you want to get best deal for length ex you need 8 wires, maybe 1-2m long, so you probably want a 15-25m spool which may be cheaper than buying 8 x 1 m lengths

You may also want to pay a bit more for wire that has a thinner insulation, the cheapest single core wire will have crappier thicker insulation.

 

sleeve: https://www.digikey.com/short/zq95db (you probably want 4-5 mm diameter, but not sure, depends on thickness of the wires you choose)

ex : A118728-01-ND

 

 

 

[Bajantechnician]

21 hours ago, mark911 said:

That's what I was looking for. Thank you Sir!!!! 

Of course!

Cheers

[Ryzenuser19]

if you want the front audio to not buzz too you can try do what i do with all cases and stick a ferrite core on that thing. it helps more than people think.
especially in cheap cases.