cduesman
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The Cobra Slat cables are nice cables, but they don't have any lengths between the 1M and 5M lengths.
If you're looking for a good alternative, I've found that the Amphenol cables work nicely. Many other cables do not clearly mark the wire size. Many DB25 cables used in the computer field are the much thinner 28 AWG size.
Amphenol offers 24 AWG heavy duty with a fancy Low Smoke Zero Halogen covering. From videos it appears these are less likely to burn than PVC covering even though the main purpose is lower smoke. These are probably a bit overkill. They are also pretty rigid (not easy to bend). I have a couple of these and they work fine.
I just got some of the 26 AWG medium duty cables from Amphenol as well. These seem to be a nice compromise between cable size and price.
The 24 AWG Cables have a part number of CS-DSLSZH25MM then a -XXX where XXX is the length in feet.
The 26 AWG Deluxe CS-DSDMDB25MM (copper tape + aluminum mylar shields)
The 26 AWG Premium CS-DSPMDB25MM (aluminum mylar + 95% braid shielding)
I plan to use 10ft Deluxe cables. I tested 2 25ft Deluxe cables (50ft total) with 2 e-matches in parallel and it fired fine from my 72M. That's way longer than I need, I haven't tested how many it can fire before it fails.
I've seen these cables for sale a few places. They are available from Amazon (but the price is usually higher although they fluctuate often). The best place to get them seems to be Cables on Demand. (I think they make them.) There website is https://www.cablesondemand.com/
They used to always have the DB25 cables available with a 25% off coupon CABLE25. Just recently that promotion changed to 20% off with coupon CABLE20. (I just bought some using the old coupon code and it still works at the moment.) Even without the coupon, they normally have a promotion like $40 off a $150 order. They also have free shipping with $75.
I'm not associated with that company, just find it hard to find cables with the AWG actually listed and happy with these.
I wasn't able to post the pictures here from my Google photos, but here's a link to some pictures. The Cobra cables are on the left in each picture. https://photos.app.goo.gl/SJF5bKWAPhdzJwvg7
Also on the topic, if you don't know what the cable AWG really means. The higher the number, the thinner the cable/higher the resistance/less distance or ematches you can fire. https://easypyro.com/calc/ has a good calculator you can use. Testing is always best though.
Chris
If you're looking for a good alternative, I've found that the Amphenol cables work nicely. Many other cables do not clearly mark the wire size. Many DB25 cables used in the computer field are the much thinner 28 AWG size.
Amphenol offers 24 AWG heavy duty with a fancy Low Smoke Zero Halogen covering. From videos it appears these are less likely to burn than PVC covering even though the main purpose is lower smoke. These are probably a bit overkill. They are also pretty rigid (not easy to bend). I have a couple of these and they work fine.
I just got some of the 26 AWG medium duty cables from Amphenol as well. These seem to be a nice compromise between cable size and price.
The 24 AWG Cables have a part number of CS-DSLSZH25MM then a -XXX where XXX is the length in feet.
The 26 AWG Deluxe CS-DSDMDB25MM (copper tape + aluminum mylar shields)
The 26 AWG Premium CS-DSPMDB25MM (aluminum mylar + 95% braid shielding)
I plan to use 10ft Deluxe cables. I tested 2 25ft Deluxe cables (50ft total) with 2 e-matches in parallel and it fired fine from my 72M. That's way longer than I need, I haven't tested how many it can fire before it fails.
I've seen these cables for sale a few places. They are available from Amazon (but the price is usually higher although they fluctuate often). The best place to get them seems to be Cables on Demand. (I think they make them.) There website is https://www.cablesondemand.com/
They used to always have the DB25 cables available with a 25% off coupon CABLE25. Just recently that promotion changed to 20% off with coupon CABLE20. (I just bought some using the old coupon code and it still works at the moment.) Even without the coupon, they normally have a promotion like $40 off a $150 order. They also have free shipping with $75.
I'm not associated with that company, just find it hard to find cables with the AWG actually listed and happy with these.
I wasn't able to post the pictures here from my Google photos, but here's a link to some pictures. The Cobra cables are on the left in each picture. https://photos.app.goo.gl/SJF5bKWAPhdzJwvg7
Also on the topic, if you don't know what the cable AWG really means. The higher the number, the thinner the cable/higher the resistance/less distance or ematches you can fire. https://easypyro.com/calc/ has a good calculator you can use. Testing is always best though.
Chris
