Hello again everyone. I've been debating whether or not to use the blue wire or the shielded cable. I've been reading that most people have been using the blue wire with a certain length and haven't read too much about people using the shielded one. I'm currently in the process of installing the Slim Proto V2 onto a Corona V2 (not very many straight forward guides on this by the way) and using the Post QSB V3. So what's the general consensus on this? Does the shielded cable make that much of a difference? Thanks in advance.
Should I use the Blue wire or Shielded Cable?
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Every console is different. Try both if you want and use the one that works the best. Just becareful if you use the shielded. The solid core will strain the solder point. I'd suggest you solder a short length of stranded to the end and solder the end of that to the point.
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BrockThunderjam
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Agree. I will add that I've played around with the shielded cable quite ab it and it never seemed to make much of a difference. For that reason I stick with the blue wire provided (or kynar). If you do try to use the shielded cable make sure you ground it as well.
Gotcha. I'll give the shielded a shot with the added strand a see how it sits. Thanks for the input.
In theory it can make a big difference. An example is with an RGH1 Falcon I did awhile back (this was actually before TX started supplying it with their CRs). As a test, I ran a non-shielded CPU_RST wire straight across the coils and of course it wouldn't boot. I moved it away and it booted instantly. I was then curious and installed a shielded cable and ran it across the coils and it again booted first glitch. So ya, it can make a huge difference in some cases.
i personally have a bunch of the small ones not sure what class but they are in laptops and some other electronics and they are way smaller and put less strain on the solder pads and they work very well for me i sometimes use them as post_out wire also. TX sells one but im not sure the name of it.