dungbeetle46 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 was looking for wire to wire up my cocktail cab and wanted to keep it nice and neat, I had a heap of old wire lying around, mostly the same color etc then I found I had a heap of old parallell printer cables, after cutting of the end I had around 36 wires all different colors in a nice neat harness. So if you havent thought of it, use a printer cable, you can pick these up almost anywhere for next to nothing. 1 5ft cable wired my whole cocktail cab both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator WOKA Posted April 15, 2009 Super Moderator Share Posted April 15, 2009 Yep.. Good idea. I've used CAT5 cable in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 nice tip. always good to make use of stuff that would otherwise be landfill (",) i bought cat5 and now i think about it, at the time i would have had at least a couple of old printer cables sitting around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 been doing that for a fair few years. Thought it would have been a common practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted April 23, 2009 Administrators Share Posted April 23, 2009 good post thanks for sharing your tip :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopstar Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Another good source of cable with higher current handling capabilities is rolls of trailer wire.. It comes in either 5 and 7 multi-colored cores and wrapped in a black protective sheath which can be easily removed, relatively cheap and available at places like Repco, Super Cheap etc. This stuff is great for wiring up control panels etc.. http://www.haigh.com.au/images/ProductImages/FC1006.jpg Hoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsnipey Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 You can try cat 5 (ethernet) cable too. (If only I'd read the earlier post suggesting exactly the same thing) Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator WOKA Posted November 13, 2009 Super Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2009 All good Mrs Nipey, all good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwodie Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 All good Mrs Nipey, all good :) i think thats mr snipey :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Mrs Nipey ........ :lol very clever....just tickled my fancy, that :redface:unsure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbavet Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I've recently started back on my Mame cab. This gives me and idea for old IDE cables. AT LAST! I new I kept dozens for a reason. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewitson Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Not a great idea if you ask me. You couldn't find lower quality wire if you tried. Decent wire isn't exactly expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortal001 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 thanks for the tip. I know it's been up a while but a new control panel is underway and this just made my wiring job heaps easier. Remebered where i saw it so thought you deserved a thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggeorge Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 +1 vote for the 7 core trailer wire. It is just nice and fat for installing your spade plugs onto easily. Wire your machine up as 1 loom per stick and one per button set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rativiv Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 After reading this thread, I have just used this, very handy! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollster101 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 That is genius. I will be looking at this in my upcoming cab build. Great tip. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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