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Can I cut and splice a USB cable?
ArtMAME:
I spliced a VGA cable to another VGA cable because of a bad connector and had no problems. Those wires inside are thin, and some have braided shieding and teflon insulator over them. It was tedious, and ugly, but it worked, I can see no video degradation on the monitor after I got it working again.
USB cables I would think would be more forgiving. Good luck.
Outrun:
Hi,
We do this from time to time at work, when users want their USB printer cables a little longer than the shipped 1m or 2m (for shortening we just cable tie them!!).
Haven't had any problems reported back yet.
krick:
Why not just buy a shorter USB cable?
They're not really that expensive as long as you don't do anything stupid like trying to buy them at "Best Buy".
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=2ft%20usb%20cable
CheffoJeffo:
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Nice to see that *somebody* isn't overengineering the solution ... :cheers:
Cheers
NightGod:
To be clear, the maximum spec length on a USB 2.0 cable is 15 feet. You can make it longer by using powered repeaters.