How Dangerous Is It To Use Speaker Wire To Make a PSU's CPU Cable Longer?

[gumbob3]

I switched my pc to a new case, and guess what? My 4 pin cpu cable was about an inch too short. I cut the 4 pin connector off, went and grabbed a few pieces of speaker wire (about the thickness of each individual cable inside of the 4 pin cpu cable), and some wire strippers. I stripped down each side of each speaker wire piece, as well as each piece of the cable connected to the PSU, and each piece of the remaining cable on the 4 pin connector end. I twisted my speaker cable onto each piece of the cpu cable, and twisted it to form a connection. Then, I individually taped up each of the 4 connections with electrical tape, and finally taped up the whole area to make it look decent. I plugged it in, switched on the psu, hit the power button, and the pc booted! I wasn't expecting it to, but it did. And the computer is fully functional. Is this at all dangerous? What is the worst that can happen? Thank you!

 

[derekullo]

As long as the thickness of the wire was the same or greater you should be ok.

If you would have used a thinner wire, it's possible it could have overheated and either caught fire or caused a break in the cable.

Make sure everything is well insulated with no exposed wiring.

 

[mjslakeridge]

If you insulated all of the new connections you should be OK. I would have staggered the splices in the wires a couple of inches apart, so there would be no way any of the bare wires could touch each other if the tape came loose, and I would have soldered the wires in place, rather than just twisting them together.

 

[gumbob3]

I'm planning on doing a CPU stress test for about 30 minutes, just to make sure it wont melt the wires... What would happen if the wires come loose and touch each other? Could it possibly fry my mobo or cpu?

 

[Cromwell__]

I'm planning on doing a CPU stress test for about 30 minutes, just to make sure it wont melt the wires... What would happen if the wires come loose and touch each other? Could it possibly fry my mobo or cpu?

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

 

[derekullo]

I'm planning on doing a CPU stress test for about 30 minutes, just to make sure it wont melt the wires... What would happen if the wires come loose and touch each other? Could it possibly fry my mobo or cpu?

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

Please stream this live.

 

[Ditt44]

"Here's your sign....". Oldie, but goodie.