How to OFFICIALLY splice a USB cable

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[callmejackaroo]

Years of playing with electronics, building amplifiers... A lot of splicing, & I never thought of soldering wires that way. Love it! Just for the video or not. I think I'm pissed at you for not telling me earlier.

[techiteasyaus]

Very useful thanks! I'm really struggling with soldering and when I managed to solder 2 RCA connectors to shorten an audio cable after 45 minutes that was a major victory! My aim is to make my TV/Audio cabinet as tidy as possible by using cables at the exact size. So lots of cutting and soldering in perspective. The tips in this video should make the task easier ... hopefully!

[itwsntme]

Thanks for this. Funny that I was looking for information about shortening a usb cable because I'm in the exact same situation you were here. Project involving a raspberry pi and a custom designed case I 3D printed. Exactly what I needed.

[wrench-weld-build]

DUDE KEEP POSTING Love this stuff. Its great to have a hands on guy show us how to do things.

[robertjohns]

If you stagger the splices the finished splice is slimmer and less likely to short.

[mikeharmon]

hey brother..I have been a "mad scientist" since i was ten and broke my first digital watch(45 years ago lol) great to find your channel

[crsln]

great job explaining! i appreciate your style of conveying the info, thanks

[sudoDavid]

"That's what she said, " made me LOL

[heatedheavy]

I’m 9 seconds into the video.I hear Bishop Bullwinkle and then noticed the channel name, instant subscribe lol

[DrMatthewHudson]

I just checked with both US national office and the Korean Republic office and both claim this is not the official way

[EarthBiased]

Excellent video, especially for first try. Just what I needed.

[slodown]

Excellent, clear description. Many thanks!

[Josef_R]

I want to add a USB plug to a two strand led strip, any idea which two wires in the USB plug to use?

[lyricscann]

Hi there! Not exactly the same topic however I wondered if one could splice a usb cord with a lamp wire or even add it directly to a lightbulb socket to be able to power an LED bulb?

[johnny]

Can I plug Red cable to VCC and white to RX2 and green to TX2 and black to gnd? My PCB have VCC, GND, RX2, TX2 Can I used it for arcade Button? Please advice

[cjose]

My dash cam mini usb wire has only two colours. Black and white.
When I spliced Black with Black and White with Red to another data USB cable to get a power extension, it only gives a flickering screen. (Did not test it for volt. USB data has green, red, grey and white)
What is the case when power USB wire has only Black and White wire as explained above? Thanks in advance.

[cinlung]

Hi, I have a USB cable that I want to replace its connector to USB Type C. My Connecor has 4 pins like the usual, but the cable came with 5 cables, red, black, green, white, and blue. The cable was direcly soldered into a keyboard board and the blue one goes to S (Shield). Now If i want to connect the cable to a USB C connector, where should I connect the shield to? Is it to the connector feet that connects to the metal body? Thank you

[gaetanolamberti]

Can you splice a type c male to an hdmi male ?

[prototype]

I would cut away the aluminum braid and just splice the copper shield lead.

[kleptodathief]

can u splice it and twist it and use electrical tape to put it back instead of soldering? thx