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CD-ROM Speaker Wires

NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
edited 2013-07-29 14:23 in General Discussion
Over the years I have accumulated several hundred of the older style CD-ROM Speaker cables. Some are 4 wire with the small white connectors but most are 3 wires, Red, Black and White with the black connectors. Using a dental tool I can lift the plastic piece up that holds the wires in and use the wires just like the servo extension wires. Since there is normally a 4th slot, I carefully snip off the additional piece and these work out great for many of my Parallax projects. Sure glad I did not get rid of them like I had intended to!!!!

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  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2013-07-27 21:36
    Yep, they are very handy. So are the the front and rear panel cables and connectors from PC's.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-07-27 21:59
    So are the the front and rear panel cables and connectors from PC's
    Yep, and I have a ton of them also. The point of the CD-ROM wires though is that they are pretty much the same as the Servo connectors. PC's in general provide a vast amount of components. When I upgrade client systems I usually strip all I can for later use.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2013-07-28 00:45
    Well, it's decided. I'm never going to throw anything away ever again. I may need it someday. Now if I could just find my way to the bedroom through all this junk possibly useful stuff, I'll go to sleep.

    (I have a feeling there are lots of us pack rats on the forum.)
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2013-07-28 09:14
    Insomniac pack rats it seems.

    A donation came in. guy said it was 30 NEMA 17 motors. Turn our some were NEMA 34 attached to precision XYZ motion table mechanisms. AND a bunch of pan tilt heads and controls, and a monster 90 volt gear head motor. Now I need a project just to get it out of the garage!
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2013-07-28 09:26
    prof_braino wrote: »
    Insomniac pack rats it seems.

    A donation came in. guy said it was 30 NEMA 17 motors. Turn our some were NEMA 34 attached to precision XYZ motion table mechanisms. AND a bunch of pan tilt heads and controls, and a monster 90 volt gear head motor. Now I need a project just to get it out of the garage!

    Check them out to see what works if possible, take some pictures, and post them for sale or trade on e-bay or this forum.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-07-28 19:40
    Geez, I never get donations like that.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-07-28 19:42
    I'm never going to throw anything away ever again. I may need it someday
    The problem I have is being able to locate it when I need it!!!! I have a great inventory control system for my smaller items, but larger ones seem to be unlocatable at the time I need them most!!!!
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2013-07-29 08:21
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    The problem I have is being able to locate it when I need it!!!! I have a great inventory control system for my smaller items, but larger ones seem to be unlocatable at the time I need them most!!!!

    LOL. Boy, is that ever a familiar problem. I usually end up buying a new one and have the one in stock turn up when I'm looking for the next item.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-07-29 14:23
    I have been building my own cables for quite some time as a means to avoid building printed circuit boards. One of the few things that the local electronic shop has a good stock of is for building cables. I can get the little black plastic ones in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 wires and so one. The 3 wire ones are right for servo extension cables, but why stop there?

    I donated my IMSAI S-100 and all the related stuff to my high school's electronic shop, including a couple of o-scopes. One was a dual trace Tektronic 'boat anchor' (vacumn tuble technology). Also, a nickel cadmium cell that weighed about 40 pounds that I hoped to one day put into a robot. The electronics shop teacher seemed to be very happy with all of it.

    One accumulates so much by visiting ham swap meets in Silicon Valley.
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