PSU soldering

Coldblackice · November 13, 2020

(Sorry for the necro, but thought I should ask here given it's quoting people's comments)

On 7/26/2018 at 4:50 PM, jonnyGURU said:

Then I would buy pins and connectors from ModDIY or PerformancePCs and crimp on new pins and install new connectors. I wouldn't splice in connectors from another cable.

What would be the harm in splicing in connectors from another cable? I have a leftover 6-pin Cablemod Pro PCIe power cable that I want to convert into an 8-pin (full wires, not the GPU connector side-wires extension) by cutting and splicing together wires the Molex cables from my set that I don't use. Because they're shorter than the 6-wires of the PCIe 6-pin, I'll have to splice together two halves per wire (which will already have the original female connectors attached). Mind you, this is only for the extra Sense+Ground wires, so no current will be flowing over them.

If I'm cutting and soldering the same cables from the set -- thus wire/shielding properties are all the same -- would it be a problem if I solder-spliced leftover cables to make these two Sense/Ground PCIe wires? I want to make these two wires the same length as the other 6. I'm also extremely proficient at good, clean soldering. But perhaps I'm missing something as to why not to do this.

On 7/26/2018 at 4:03 PM, SuperCloneRanger said:

but If you really insist on repairing the cables they should be crimped not soldered. A cheap hobby iron does not have the thermal mass required to properly solder thick gauge wire.

What about a quality solid soldering station like Weller WES51? Surely that would be able to solder cabling such as this?

LogicalDrm · November 14, 2020

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This wasn't good reason to revive old thread. Please post your own in future. You can quote/copy quotes and link to originals if needed.

Coldblackice · November 23, 2020

On 11/14/2020 at 3:10 AM, LogicalDrm said:

This wasn't good reason to revive old thread. Please post your own in future. You can quote/copy quotes and link to originals if needed.

Since I was quoting two people's responses from that thread, I thought it was appropriate for context. Perhaps someone from that thread may have commented an update on their experience or knowledge they've since learned, but can't now because they have no sub/connection to this thread. The standards also don't mention anything about reviving.

It might be good to update the standards regarding reviving, what's appropriate or not.

LogicalDrm · November 23, 2020

2 hours ago, Coldblackice said:

Since I was quoting two people's responses from that thread, I thought it was appropriate for context. Perhaps someone from that thread may have commented an update on their experience or knowledge they've since learned, but can't now because they have no sub/connection to this thread. The standards also don't mention anything about reviving.

It might be good to update the standards regarding reviving, what's appropriate or not.

Our Community Standards are broad description of how one should conduct themselves on forums. They don't cover all, like things that are seen as generally good ways of using forums.

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E: Emphasizing my point that you can link to original and copypaste quotes, or tag people.

Edited November 23, 2020 by LogicalDrm