Can I use black duck tape to sleeve cables?

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I would like to get the Black SilverStone SST-ST75F Modular PSU, but all the cables are not sleeved. I've heard sleeving is somewhat of a difficult task and I have all this extra black duck tape, so would it be a good idea and use black duck tape to sleeve the cables?:D . Or are there any types of tape that I can use for sleeving? Or should I just get sleeves?

[GalvanizedYankee]

Tape is a VERY bad idea.
Go to Pep-Boys Autostore and buy split or spiral loom.
It comes in many flashy ricer colors. ;)

[jonnyGURU]

Ummm... The ST75F cables ARE sleeved.

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Ummm... The ST75F cables ARE sleeved.

Not the pics I've seen
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817256009

Most of the cables are sleeved, but not all. I would like to use sleeve or use duck tape on the connectors that aren't sleeved.

Tape is a VERY bad idea.
Go to Pep-Boys Autostore and buy split or spiral loom.
It comes in many flashy ricer colors. ;)

I guess I can do that. The problem with sleeves is that it is very difficult to get the connector through the sleeve, or does that only go for the main 24 pin mobo connector? Again I've never sleeved before so I wouldn't know.


Oh I like really like the multi quote feature. Very nice:D

[CAD4466HK]

Not the pics I've seen
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817256009

Most of the cables are sleeved, but not all. I would like to use sleeve or use duck tape on the connectors that aren't sleeved.



I guess I can do that. The problem with sleeves is that it is very difficult to get the connector through the sleeve, or does that only go for the main 24 pin mobo connector? Again I've never sleeved before so I wouldn't know.


Oh I like really like the multi quote feature. Very nice:D

Dude, you must be blind:p
Enlarge the Newegg supplied pic of the cables:p

[jonnyGURU]

Well, they're all sleeved. But not after the first connector. I wouldn't use tape. I'd just leave it as it is.

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I'm worried about the wires not being sleeved all the way in the picture. I still hate the ugly look of the red, yellow, and orange color of the wires. I would like it sleeved all the way like in the OCZ GXS or FSP Epsilon power supplies.

[CAD4466HK]

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I'm worried about the wires not being sleeved all the way in the picture. I still hate the ugly look of the red, yellow, and orange color of the wires. I would like it sleeved all the way like in the OCZ GXS or FSP Epsilon power supplies.

I guess you fall in the category "Bling-Bling" :)

[syne_24]

I guess you fall in the category "Bling-Bling" :)


hey nothing wrong with having good looking hardware.. :p

[jonnyGURU]

You could... choose another PSU! ;)

[SuperSix]

It's DUCT Tape.. DUCT DUCT...

Argh!!!!.....

[CAD4466HK]

hey nothing wrong with having good looking hardware.. :p

Too bad it's not red duct tape, could make it run faster:rolleyes:

[CAD4466HK]

It's DUCT Tape.. DUCT DUCT...

Argh!!!!.....

........or MacGyver tape, or Nascar certified 200mph tape, or........ect.:D

[Bbq]

Just buy a sleeving kit that comes with the molex removal tool. Problem solved.

[jonnyGURU]

It's DUCT Tape.. DUCT DUCT...

Argh!!!!.....

Actually.....


The origins of the name "duct tape" are the subject of some disagreement. One view, popular among many Internet Q&A sites, is that older references to a different fabric product called duck tape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_duck), which the OED states perhaps was altered to create the origin of duct tape, in combination with a popular tale about WWII Army soldiers comparing the invention's waterproof qualities to that of a duck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck), proves that the original name of the product was, coincidentally, duck tape. This view is summarized most notably in a New York Times (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times) article by etymologist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymologist) William Safire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire) in March of 2003.



So how did this sticky wonder come about? The origins of our beneficial bonder have been the subject of much debate. As with much of American lore, the stories and legends of duct tape have been distorted and, at times, just plain made up. But through countless hours of painstaking research and some intelligent figure fudging, we've developed the most authoritative history to date.

It all started with a cataclysmic explosion. Then in the aftermath, swirling cloud of dust formed stars and planets. But maybe that's starting too far back.

Let's fast forward to World War II. There was a need for a strong, flexible, durable, waterproof tape that could seal canisters, repair cracked windows, repair trucks and help the war effort in general. Permacell, a division of the Johnson and Johnson Company, came to the rescue. Using medical tape as a base, they applied two new technologies. Polycoat adhesives gave the tape its unshakable stick and polyethylene coating allowed them to laminate the tape to a cloth backing, making it extremely strong and flexible. The resulting tape was nicknamed "Duck Tape" for its ability to repel water, while ripping easily into strips for fast convenient use.

After the war the tape was put to the more civilian use of holding ducts together. So the product changed from a nameless army green tape to the familiar gray duct tape.

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It's DUCT Tape.. DUCT DUCT...

Argh!!!!.....
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Just buy a sleeving kit that comes with the molex removal tool. Problem solved.

It seems that some of the cables are mostly sleeved but not all the way. Where can I find such a kit?

Also jonnyGURU, I like the PSU alot, and it is on sale:).

[jonnyGURU]

Palm Bay's own Performance PC's!!! Ask for Hank Baron! ;)

No.. don't really ask for Hank. He's probably really busy.

But Performance PC's has the tools (I have the Sunbeamtech tools and they're pretty easy to use) and the sleeve kits and you can get to sleeving in no time.

[GalvanizedYankee]

It is/was DUCT because it was used to seal the joints of forced air/heating ducts. Those insulated, flexable tubes air is driven through. It is also used to seal metal ducting at it's slip joints.
My dad was a big-wig in the forced heating/cooling arena for > 20 years and it was duct tape to him :)

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I couldn't find the Sunbeam kit at PerformancePCs, but I did find this kit (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=135&products_id=1821). Would it work?

Problem is I want this kit (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=135&products_id=3405). Woudl that kit work?

Is there a kit someone can directly link me to a good kit?

[jonnyGURU]

I believe both kits are the same. Just one is black and one is red. The red one has the tools. But Molexes are all assembled the same way. Any removal tool should work.

EDIT: They still have the Sunbeamtech tool kit.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=272&products_id=2160

Listed under "tools."

[Shift]

Thank you for the link to the tool kit. I'm going to order it:).

Thank you for all the help guys!:)