nanoryan
Well-known member
10' video extension cable .. can't believe I didn't do this years ago!
Ever been troubleshooting a game and wish you could plug the monitor into another nearby working game to quickly see if it's a monitor issue or a boardset issue without having to swap monitors? Well I have, many times.
Today it finally occurred to me to spend an hour and build a 10' extension harness out of CAT5 cable.
It works great! Doesn't even have impedance issues. I thought it would with the distance and thin gauge of the wire. I wired it up so that it 'should' work with Electrohome and WG. So far I have tested it with a WG K4600 and K4900 with no problems.
Ever been troubleshooting a game and wish you could plug the monitor into another nearby working game to quickly see if it's a monitor issue or a boardset issue without having to swap monitors? Well I have, many times.
Today it finally occurred to me to spend an hour and build a 10' extension harness out of CAT5 cable.
It works great! Doesn't even have impedance issues. I thought it would with the distance and thin gauge of the wire. I wired it up so that it 'should' work with Electrohome and WG. So far I have tested it with a WG K4600 and K4900 with no problems.
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