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Originally Posted by AlienALX
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Thank you mate!
PSU Sleeving - Continued
So I went out and got myself a new lighter today. As an outdoorsy type I would have loved
something like a Wenger Clava, but I didn't have time (or rather: was unwilling) to wait that long. This one was 20 bucks and works quite well so far. It has a nice focused blue flame.
SATA Power Cables
While the 90 degree SATA power connectors allow for extremely neat wire routing, they are
not really well suited for sleeving. I am not yet 100 % happy with the result, but it's better
than before (or let's say: I like it better than before). I can always redo it later if I get some
clever idea about how to improve it and make it truly perfect.
To give you an idea of how I went about this problem:
And the current state of affairs on the HDD tower's back side:
Pump Power Delivery
Obviously the pump can't run without some voltage goodness.

This is not the final cable routing, but it shows the rough idea.
Fan Power Delivery
Remember those clipped wires I mentioned yesterday and how I left some cable to solder
on to in case I ever needed them again? Good thing I did that. Originally I was going to run
the fans off the same cable as the pump, but then I realized that I would have to do double
wires inside the crimp connectors, which I
really don't like. They're almost impossible
to crimp unless you have very thin wires (I don't), and they're an absolute nightmare to
sleeve.
So I've decided to to a dedicated fan cable. This is where I soldered the new wires onto
the remains of the old ones:
Overview:
And this is how I plan to connect the fans (at least at the moment

):
That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.