How To Sleeve Your Wires

[wolfman76]

hey tony does the place you get your mesh from only have black or do they have other colors??? and also it does'nt say how much you get of each or does it later after you add it to the cart???

 

[Tony]

Black is the only ones that I know of. And there is a foot rating in teh discription. Or should be.

 

[Lee]

If you look in the 600 thread you'll see i have blue on mine. And in my QAV500 thread i have red and green on the quad. I also have yellow. Got mine at http://www.ac-rc.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=1294&osCsid=ek45sbpm18lt16rqrdr1dfcmp5

Edit: Sorry i lied. Now i have the right shop in the link. Only $2 for enough to do two helis and a quad.

 

[breeze400]

That looks like some colors there lol. The wrap I used from my LHS was black with green speckles in it.

 

[stokke]

I did a search on eBay for wire sleeves, but what sizes should I get?

 

[Lee]

The ones i got were M6 size. I can fit two servo leads down one piece no probs.

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You can use smaller 4mm is fine. And to make it easy to put on a servo wire, I take off the plug by sliding the pins out of the housing, then replacing it once they are through.

 

[Derek]

That's a good idea, Lee! I can imagine that the wires look great.

 

[bclark48]

Tony,

the wire loom from Spectro....is the price per the foot. right now 1/8" is 14 cents a foot.

 

[Tony]

Yup, your exactly right. I thought I posted that but I guess I forgot or it was removed when we moved servers. Thanks for posting that up!

 

[wolfman76]

here you go guys i just found this site for the sleeving in all kinds of colors and pricers are by the footand diff thicknesses also hope this helps some of us out....
Color PET Expandable Braided Sleeving – Resists Moisture and Abrasion
they even have some that are multiple colors in one sleeving even clear have to scroll to bottom of the page to see those choices...
here is another decent site...
PET Expandable Braided Sleeving | Standard Protective Cable Sleeve
even has one called patriot which is red white and blue...

 

[Jolly-Swagman]

Great Tutorial Tony,

Another great Sleeving Method use by many Computer Case Modders, Is to use Paracord (Parachute Cord)

You can buy 100' for $7.68, comes in various colour schemes too, IE :- Desert Camo, Military ect

Desert Parachute Cord Paracord 550 7 Core Strand 100FT Nylon Outdoor Survival-in Other Sports & Entertainment Products from Sports & Entertainment on Aliexpress.com

The great thing about using Paracord is you already have a pull through string running through it entirety

 

[murankar]

Never thought about using it on my wires. I have it on my dog tags. Plus it melts nicely to maintain a good fit.

 

[Tony]

Yup, paracord would work great as well, and is more solid with a softer feel.

 

[murankar]

would it shred on the carbon fiber?

 

[Tony]

i'm sure if you have really sharp edges, anything would shred. This is one reason why the instruction manuals state to sand the edges with some wet/dry.