Single Braid Sleeving

http://www.overclock.net/t/1175308/sleeving-the-beginners-guide/0_20

I could spend time telling you what to do, but that would be a wasted effort simply because this guy has structured this guide very well. It takes you from start to finish. Sure its long to read, but he takes all the guess work out of the equation, and by following this guide, you will see how good it actually is.

He does also have lots of pictures to help as well. Enjoy.

If this didn't answer your question, message back and I'll see how best I can help.

I will be completely honest, you will hate sleeving that PSU. The double wires are many and the pinout is crazy. Take a look at the sleeving faq and look into the section on recommended power supplies and pick one from there. Trust me you will thanks me later.


I have to caution that this is JUST for the double wires. I have made a video that describes the whole process. I would NOT follow his short heatshrink methods as they do look good but its not a method for a new sleever to try.

Couple things, as I am currently doing the Seasonic X-1250. The wire is 16AWG. You can use this, but it's hard to work with, especially while trying to crimp connectors. I recommend buying 18 gauge wire and making/crimping your own wires. This way you can also control the length.

Seasonic has an odd way of wiring things, so like lutro is saying, you'll be spending some time on atypical wiring solutions.

Also, the crimps that seasonic used are a biotch to remove from the connectors. You will need to wrap the wire around your hand to get enough force to pull them out. Every single one has been like this for me. Once you crimp your own with MDPC crimps and crimper, you will see how much easier and cleaner they are to remove, and also how much better of a crimp it provides. The seasonic wiring job leaves much to be desired, but you'll find this attribute on most PSU suppliers. It works, but not the prettiest.

One other thing, the sleeving, heatwrap, and glue is a biotch to remove on the stock wires. Imo, you're probably just better off buying your own connectors and just tossing the seasonic ones. Or just save them for a rainy day.

In fact, for the ATX cable and others, this is what I'm going to do. That way I can always have the stock wires in case someone wants to buy my PSU down the road.

Good luck with whatever you choose. Sleeving is rewarding, but it's not as smooth as these guys make it look. While not hard, it takes a bit to get it down.

This was my first cable. It took me 3 hours to get done. lol.

I have to disagree with you guys a bit. I took on the Seasonic Platinum 1000 and the XFX X1250(Variant of the Seasonic X1250) and I am very happy sleeving it. IMO, if you are interested in doing your own sleeving, then you already know that you need to invest time and effort.

The pins on both were tough to pull out, but only on the 24pin connector(for me at least). I broke 2 pins tops. So yeah, its not that bad.

Now, I sleeved the seasonic using the existing wires for some items, and for the XFX, I crimped everything with 16AWG, except for the SATA power for which I used 18AWG. I must say, sleeving is a very exciting task. I enjoy dealing with double wires and I enjoy soldering them as well.

If you like those kinds of hands-on things, then go strong at it. Its very rewarding.

The best I can say, Is to make your sketch of how the connector is wired, and from there, take it apart. I'm telling you, sleeving is a lot of fun, when you have the right tools, so much so that I'm begging my buddy to sleeve his PSU for free. He says no, but thats only because he doesn't give 2cents about his PC aesthetics. Goodluck

This is what one of my cables came out like(paracord, gotta love that cloth like feel)
Edited by pratesh - 11/13/12 at 5:58am