Thinking of doing a cable mod on the cheap for my son's pc and ...

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

Thinking of doing a cable mod on the cheap for my son's pc and thought black electric tape would be a safe and simple solution.  Yes?  He has a windowed case and I want to get rid of the PSU and fan wires that are all over sporting their yellow, red and whatever color scheme. It looks ghastly and while I don't usually care about that I thought it would be nice to finally get something done with that.

[3 Lions]

Then I think your son would hate you for the rest of his life...

[Crunchy Dragon]

I'd just buy some custom sleeving kits and sleeve the cables.

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Then I think your son would hate you for the rest of his life...

Uh no he would not hate me.  Trust me.

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I'd just buy some custom sleeving kits and sleeve the cables.

The cost of that versus electric tape is a huge difference so I just want to know if using electric tape is ok.  Yes or no?

[3 Lions]

Just now, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

Uh no he would not hate me.  Trust me.

If you are going to do something do it properly (i.e. buy proper sleeved cables). 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

The cost of that versus electric tape is a huge difference so I just want to know if using electric tape is ok.  Yes or no?

Electric tape will work, but I highly doubt your son would like it. If either of you want it to look good at all, don't use electric tape.

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

Thinking of doing a cable mod on the cheap for my son's pc and thought black electric tape would be a safe and simple solution.  Yes?  He has a windowed case and I want to get rid of the PSU and fan wires that are all over sporting their yellow, red and whatever color scheme. It looks ghastly and while I don't usually care about that I thought it would be nice to finally get something done with that.

I would not suggest to us electrical tape your going to end up with a sticky mess overtime as the tape adhesive degrades. You would be much better off with sleeving the cables or using split loom sleeving to wrap the wires. 

https://www.amazon.com/Split-Braided-Cable-Sleeving-Techflex/dp/B01MTMZGBG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1521404547&sr=8-6 

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Electric tape will work, but I highly doubt your son would like it. If either of you want it to look good at all, don't use electric tape.

Again my son would like it.  Glad to hear it would work.  Also I know it will look fine as I know for this I will have the patience to do this right.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

Again my son would like it.  Glad to hear it would work.  Also I know it will look fine as I know for this I will have the patience to do this right.

Are you completely sure your son would like it?

 

Electric tape isn't really good for increasing aesthetics, you might as well use different colored duct tape.

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

Just now, W-L said:

I would not suggest to us electrical tape your going to end up with a sticky mess overtime as the tape adhesive degrades. You would be much better off with sleeving the cables or using split loom sleeving to wrap the wires. 

https://www.amazon.com/Split-Braided-Cable-Sleeving-Techflex/dp/B01MTMZGBG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1521404547&sr=8-6 

That mention of a sticky mess is one thing I really didn't think much about. Damn!

[LienusLateTips]

Sleeving is cheap...

Or just buy fan extensions premade

 

I'll just say this: electrical tape will become a sticky mess

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

you might as well use different colored duct tape.

He'll be wanting to use PVA glue as thermal paste next  

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Are you completely sure your son would like it?

 

Electric tape isn't really good for increasing aesthetics, you might as well use different colored duct tape.

Yeah I am sure it would look fine.  As for using other tape if I used anything else it would be a blue the same color as the 200 mm fan. The case is an Antec 1100 D.

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

Yeah I am sure it would look fine.  As for using other tape if I used anything else it would be a blue the same color as the 200 mm fan. The case is an Antec 1100 D.

Just forget the tape idea...please 

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

9 minutes ago, JDE said:

Sleeving is cheap...

Or just buy fan extensions premade

 

I'll just say this: electrical tape will become a sticky mess

I need sleeving that covers the entire mess of cables running from the PSU and I am not seeing it on the site I am looking at.  I am not interested in taking apart the connectors and then sleeving the individual wires.  The PSU he has is not modular so that makes things more difficult going beyond the tape solution.

This is the cheap place I found so far ...

https://www.moddiy.com/categories/Cable-Sleeving/

Also just looking at this site more closely clearly I can't do this. I need something that wraps around the wires like tubing it or whatever.

(Btw I am in Canada so cheap is not something common here.)

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

I need sleeving that covers the entire mess of cables running from the PSU and I am not seeing it on the site I am looking at.  I am not interesting in take apart the connectors and then sleeving the individual wires.  The PSU he has is not modular so that makes things more difficult going beyond the tape solution.

This is the cheap place I found so far ...

https://www.moddiy.com/categories/Cable-Sleeving/

(Btw I am in Canada so cheap is not something common here.)

I live in BC lol

 

Amazon and Newegg are good places to find premade sleeving if you are that type of person

[Crunchy Dragon]

@CableMod can you help us out here please?

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

3 minutes ago, JDE said:

I live in BC lol

 

Amazon and Newegg are good places to find premade sleeving if you are that type of person

Amazon on a quick search had horrendous prices.  As for Newegg they make me miss NCIX for pc stuff. LOL!  If there is something cheap that will work link it but again when a person starts talking electrical tape for a mod you know how cheap they are talking.  It is too bad I can't do the work needed to rewire the connections but it is what it is.

[lewdicrous]

Why not use something like a PVC pipe or some split braided sleeving

[CableMod]

10 hours ago, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

Amazon on a quick search had horrendous prices.  As for Newegg they make me miss NCIX for pc stuff. LOL!  If there is something cheap that will work link it but again when a person starts talking electrical tape for a mod you know how cheap they are talking.  It is too bad I can't do the work needed to rewire the connections but it is what it is.

@ImNotDeViLzzz check out VL Canada - we have our basic extension kits there at $29.99 CAD.
https://www.vlcanada.com/products/cablemod-basic-modflex™-cable-extension-kit-dual-6-2-pin-series

[keskparane]

17 hours ago, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

The cost of that versus electric tape is a huge difference so I just want to know if using electric tape is ok.  Yes or no?

Electrical tape will do the job but it will typically age badly. 

If you ever need to remove it then it will typically leave residue on the cables. This is not noticeable in the first weeks but gets worse over time.

If you stretch it too much when applying it then it can cause all sorts of problems later on as it will try to shrink back. This can expose parts of the loom, cause kinks, etc...

Taping the loom will usually make it stiffer.

 

 

 

 

 

[Revan654]

21 hours ago, ImNotDeViLzzz said:

I need sleeving that covers the entire mess of cables running from the PSU and I am not seeing it on the site I am looking at.  I am not interested in taking apart the connectors and then sleeving the individual wires.  The PSU he has is not modular so that makes things more difficult going beyond the tape solution.

This is the cheap place I found so far ...

https://www.moddiy.com/categories/Cable-Sleeving/

Also just looking at this site more closely clearly I can't do this. I need something that wraps around the wires like tubing it or whatever.

(Btw I am in Canada so cheap is not something common here.)

 

I suggest doing Bulk Sleeving which is Similar to what EVGA does with there stock cables. Just use Adhesive heatsrink at the ends which will glue it down to the sleeving and wires.

 

 

Tech-Flex Sleeving can expand allot and fit over the connector, you can buy it from Amazon and such places.

 

Link: https://www.techflex.com/land_genpurp.asp

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

Thanks for all the help people. You gave me some great options that I will look to use in the future.  The electrical tape idea will be set aside.

[derr12]

I’ve done it to hide short wires in a blacked out case. It looks janky if you can see it. But for short runs to camouflage some fan wires or something with works ok.