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Cords kinked

15Evan15
By 15Evan15
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just built a pc but the wall to pc to monitor to keyboard etc.. were all too long. so what i did was coil them up. not in a circle but I held out a flat hand and wrapped them around, then zip tied the middle. when i did this with the 3rd cor, i heard a very bad sound like the cord inside was tearing (keyboard cord) now i want to coil them in a circle. but the cords are all kinked up now, will unkinking them tear the cords like bending metal back and forth? if i DO damage the cord. will it cxause a performance deecrease?

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If you damage the insulation, it won't decrease performance but it will increase the chances of something going inside the cable and shorting stuff out. When I say insulation damage, I'm talking about tearing through it completely and seeing bare wire inside. If you damage the wires, you could cause issues, including the device no longer functioning at all with that particular cable.

 

You need to be careful how tight you make zip ties as you can damage wire insulation if it's too tight.

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Well its already torn, but you may have just heard it cracking if it's thick plastic/insulator... just loosen it up abit and hope it didn't damage it too much(ie the inside wires). You should be fine to wrap in a circle but be careful this time lol 

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