I put a motherboard in an old case, and the main power cable is just a little too short. It connects but I can't route it around the motherboard to tie up the cable nicely. Plenty of sellers for "24 pin ATX power extension cable" but most look pretty poorly made. I poked around and found that the connectors are Molex Minifit Jr type, and have crimp pins, found those too. also under minifit jr. e.g. Molex 39-00-0040.
They're cheap enough to buy, the connectors and cimp pins but eek teh hand crimpers at least those sold by the big electronics distributors are $400.00- $500.00 usd and up. Some 4 times that. I won't build 500.00 worth of cables in my lifetime. Anyone know of a cheaper hand crimper to workaround ? I was thinking something taht could do this in two steps, one step to crimp the smaller part that holds the wire, and a second crimp round the insulated part that holds the jacket in place.
They're cheap enough to buy, the connectors and cimp pins but eek teh hand crimpers at least those sold by the big electronics distributors are $400.00- $500.00 usd and up. Some 4 times that. I won't build 500.00 worth of cables in my lifetime. Anyone know of a cheaper hand crimper to workaround ? I was thinking something taht could do this in two steps, one step to crimp the smaller part that holds the wire, and a second crimp round the insulated part that holds the jacket in place.
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