PSU Sleeving Guide August 21st, 2003 - Tekime

Materials & Preparation

There are a few options for sleeving material out there, but by far the most appealing one is FLEXO sleeving. It has a much cleaner look than spiral or loom wrap, with the added benefit of being very flexible and easy to use heatshrink with. Let's look at all of the materials we'll need for this project:

• Power Supply
• ~10' FLEXO Sleeving material
• ~3' 1/4" - 3/8" diameter heatshrink tubing
• Molex pin extractor or other tool with sharp point
• Heat gun, hairdryer or lighter/candle

The amount of FLEXO and heatshrink tubing will depend on how many cables your PSU has and how long they are. Before ordering any materials, take the time to measure your cables and order appropriately. Always order a little extra to make up for mistakes or that mysterious cable you never noticed before ;)

While the ideal tool for extracting the Molex headers is a tool made for the job, you can get away with a razor blade or other sharp point. In order to shrink the heatshrink tubing you will also want a heatgun. If a gun is not available, you can use a hairdryer or lighter (if you are careful not to burn the tubing!). As you can see above I'll be using a fine point driver tip for Molex extraction, and just a candle for melting the heatshrink.

Once we have all of our materials ready, get a nice clean workspace prepared and remove the PSU entirely from your case. Now we are ready to prep the PSU for the job!

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