Cable Wraps: What does everyone use? Split loom? Heatshrink?

[jcuadrado]

wire loom looks the best...you can get them in colors at certain auto part stores...

I got mine at Murrays Auto Supply in S. Florida in white....they have a website and ship orders too..

see sig for the look....I'm changing my ide cables to rounded white ones..but the rest looks tiday with the loom.

GL,

JC

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: RalfHutter

Originally posted by: Ilmater


EDIT: Don't want to spend $40 to clean up your case? You might want to look here for sleeving. Prices are:
1/4" _ _______ $0.41 / foot
3/8" _ _______ $0.55 / foot <------- This is available in Black, Grey, and Blue
1/2" _ _______ $0.58 / foot
3/4" _ _______ $0.65 / foot
1 1/4" _______ $0.89 / foot

And to think, Civic2oo1x spent $2 / ft and I paid $1 / ft before. This is a little more in my range. Just in case I sound like a commercial, I don't have any idea who these people are, I just did a Google search for cable sleeve and they came up.

I just looked at this website and noticed that it's Canadian and that these prices are in Canadian Dollars which means that if you convert them to US Dollars (by moving the decimal point to the left about three places, IIRC 🙂 ) this sleeving is even cheaper than listed above. Ka-ching.....save even more money!

You still will have to pay import tax and bucko bucks shipping.

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: RalfHutter

Originally posted by: Ilmater


EDIT: Don't want to spend $40 to clean up your case? You might want to look here for sleeving. Prices are:
1/4" _ _______ $0.41 / foot
3/8" _ _______ $0.55 / foot <------- This is available in Black, Grey, and Blue
1/2" _ _______ $0.58 / foot
3/4" _ _______ $0.65 / foot
1 1/4" _______ $0.89 / foot

And to think, Civic2oo1x spent $2 / ft and I paid $1 / ft before. This is a little more in my range. Just in case I sound like a commercial, I don't have any idea who these people are, I just did a Google search for cable sleeve and they came up.

I just looked at this website and noticed that it's Canadian and that these prices are in Canadian Dollars which means that if you convert them to US Dollars (by moving the decimal point to the left about three places, IIRC 🙂 ) this sleeving is even cheaper than listed above. Ka-ching.....save even more money!

You still will have to pay import tax and bucko bucks shipping.

Here is my order from them:

Qnty _Item ________Description _____________________Price_____Extended
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
__8 _CPA 100 1/2 (0.3)__CPA 100 Adhesive lined________$1.35_____$10.80
______________Polyolefin shrinktube 1/2
______________(Black)
_30 _POLY SLV (0.1)____Polyester expandable sleeve_____$0.41____$12.30
______________(1/4)
_________________________Sub Total:___$23.10
___________________________Taxes:____$0.00
_____Xpresspost (USA) $12.50 Shipping:___$14.05
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_____________________________Total:___$37.15

$14.05 CANADIAN DOLLARS for ~3-day shipping. You can get a slower delivery time, but why bother. At current exchange rates, that comes to about $24 for a whole lot of stuff.

 

[dxkj]

I purchased UV sensitive cable covering from SVC, but they dont flex nearly enough *like they claim it will*.

 

[NokiaDude]

I used black electrical tape to cover all my cables. Sure, they son't bend as well but at least they look neat.

 

[Zap]

I buy split loom from All Electronics. They only have black, but they're cheap and reputable. They also have a flat rate shipping (I think around $6) for the whole order. They also have two store fronts in the LA area.

Dia. Color CAT# Per Foot 100 Feet
1/4" black SLT-14 12¢ $ 9.00
3/8" black SLT-38 15¢ $ 10.00
1/2" black SLT-12 19¢ $ 12.00
5/8" black SLT-58 25¢ $ 18.00
3/4" black SLT-34 29¢ 50' roll $12.00

Yes, if you buy in 100' bulk, you pay as little as 9 cents per foot. What I've done is I bought all the diameters in bulk (except 5/8" I think, because they were out at the time) and paid just the single $6 shipping for the whole deal. I've sold lengths to my buddies, so I've almost broke even and I have tons left. The 1/4" stuff is good for single power connectors (with 4 wires). The 3/8" stuff is good for multiple, and the 1/2" stuff is good for the motherboard power. I've hardly used the thicker stuff.

 

[Smilin]

I'm using colored zip ties. The color matches the lighting and whatnot in the case and if you use enough of them (read: every 2-3 inches) and keep the ends trimmed off it looks much better than sleeving.

You can get a tin of like 1000 colored zip ties from newegg for about six bucks.

 

[Remedy]

I'm using colored zip ties. The color matches the lighting and whatnot in the case and if you use enough of them (read: every 2-3 inches) and keep the ends trimmed off it looks much better than sleeving.

Great minds think alike. 🙂

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: dxkj
I purchased UV sensitive cable covering from SVC, but they dont flex nearly enough *like they claim it will*.

I purchased the white UV sensitive sleeving and found that it is not very UV sensitive at all. That is why I am trying to find the UV tubing used for HDD rounded cables...