Installation

     I was not looking forward to this part.  I have installed some sleeving similar to this and I can tell you it wasn't easy.  I had to take the connectors off of the power supply because the sleeving wouldn't expand enough to fit over them.  You do not have to worry about that with these sleeving kits.  The sleeving material expands to over 150% to fit over all of your connectors.  I can tell you that I put that to the test right away.  The first cable I covered was the main power supply cable and I took the sleeving right over the connector.  It was a tight fit, but it still made it.

     Installing the first one is always the hardest.  There are a few things you should remember.  When you cut the sleeving it is recommended that you use a heated razor.  This will melt the sleeving slightly and prevent fraying.  If you don't have the resources to heat a razor in some kind of holding device, you can use a pair of scissors.  You will have to hold the sleeving tightly and heat the ends with a lighter or candle.  Kids get your parents permission before playing with fire.  Once the sleeving is installed you will need to hold it in place with something.  The kit includes tie straps and heatshrink.  I prefer the clean look of heatshrink so I used that when possible.  Like I said the first one was the hardest, after that the installation went smoothly.  Installing the heatshrink from start to finish took two of us about two hours.  This may seem like a long time, but the older sleeving took a lot longer because there was a lot more disassembly required.  The sleevings ability to expand to 150% saved a lot of time.

     It didn't take two people two hours to sleeve the power supply.  We sleeved everything we could.  All of the cables coming off of the fans, the CD audio cables, the case cables for the on/off switches.  You name it, we sleeved it.