Looking for Long Stepper Motor cables...

Anyone have a source of longer stepper motor cables....I so prefer to buy a pre-made cable as opposed to building my own, as I don't have the tools to do it right,
and frankly I kinda suck at it, if my past efforts are any indication.

Looking, so far unsuccessfully, for some cables about 1.5 Meters long to drive my extruders which are positioned at the opposite end of my printer from the motion control motors and drivers.

Thanks
Darren

Hi Darren,

longer cables are really bad for all sorts of EMI-related problems

But you can make them by cutting a short cable and inserting a longer piece ... but then twist the pairs and/or use shielded cables with connecting the shield to GND ...

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Found these on AliExpress if you can wait for the delivery time.

[www.aliexpress.com]

1 metre seems to be the longest you can get in ready made.
As VDX has said I would suggest you shield them, if you are going to do that then it would be easier to make your own. Plugs and wire are easily sourced from you favorite computer/electronics store and the pins are easily crimped with a small pair of pliers no special tools needed.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2016 11:15PM by nightlurker.