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Can I cut and splice a USB cable?

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MYX:

I have a couple 6 ft. USB cable for my GGG 49 ways that are about 4 ft. too long. I do not see a reason why cutting 4 ft out of the middle would be a bad thing as long as it was soldered and heatshrinked properly back together. But then again, I know that there are all sorts of tollerances for stuff, so I did not know if this was out of bounds or not.

Any ideas?

NightGod:

I can't see there being a problem as long as you are going shorter-it's extra length that USB doesn't like.

MYX:

True.
I am not sure about sheilding n such.

Mr Ironpants:

I have done both shorten and lengthen USB cables with no problems.  Although to be fair the added length was only a couple of feet and the application was pretty low demand.  Here is a decent step by step tutorial that I used when I need to hack up a camera cable about a year ago.  
http://www.fixup.net/tips/usb/index.htm

Since then I have done the typical XBox to PC usb hack and some other stuff and have been very happy.  Besides unless I am mistaken about the GGG 49's usb interface, the worst that happens is you get a couple more cables if you mess it up.

Happy splicing  :cheers:

Tahnok:

Just be forewarned that USB cables tend to be quite small. I wouldn't attempt it unless the cable is exceptionally fat or you are fairly experienced.

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