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Alex Eisenhut:
Suppose I want a one meter length of cable about 5mm in outer diameter (.2 inches) that contains two thin 50 ohm coaxes and 5 or 6 24AWG wires... Think its possible to shove all that into a piece of 8mm (unshrunk) silicone heat shrink tubing and have it end up being a usefully flexible cable?
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Silicone-Rubber-Heat-Shrink-Tubing-0-8-40mm-Heatshrink-Tube-Black-Gray-Iron-Red/183851311036?var=691506500396
I have no idea what this stuff acts like once shrunk or "recovered" in the heat-shrink tubing vernacular.
Anyone ever try this?
It would be for a Tektronix P6042 current probe, often the probe cable fails.
T3sl4co1l:
Think I'd recommend loom (e.g. the braid stuff) over tubing (spaghetti or shrink)?

Tim
Alex Eisenhut:

--- Quote from: T3sl4co1l on October 11, 2019, 12:48:56 am ---Think I'd recommend loom (e.g. the braid stuff) over tubing (spaghetti or shrink)?

Tim

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I've done that before for my experimental Commodore SX-64 keyboard cable. It works, but it was not as flexible as I want this P6042 cable to be.
edpalmer42:
A VGA cable has 3 coaxes and 5 signal lines plus assorted ground returns.  Would that work?

Ed
Alex Eisenhut:

--- Quote from: edpalmer42 on October 11, 2019, 02:22:50 am ---A VGA cable has 3 coaxes and 5 signal lines plus assorted ground returns.  Would that work?

Ed


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Those are 75 ohms and too thick... good idea though.
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