red and white fan wires

avrc · 14 Dec 2015 at 11:27

Is there a simple solution to changing the red and white fan wires to black or hiding them some how? The wires are sleeved up to the fan casing but then from that point to the motor they're not.

Orcvader · 14 Dec 2015 at 11:57

Take the fan out and paint them. Or use a thin strip of black card.

snips86x · 14 Dec 2015 at 12:03

Is this the front of the case or top?

avrc · 14 Dec 2015 at 12:12

Front of the case. I care because all my other cables are purposely black but the 2 fans on the front which are very visible have the red and white showing. I think I have some black electrical tape somewhere, I'll see how that looks if I can find it.

something daft already!! · 14 Dec 2015 at 12:21

It wouldn't bother me as it's hardly visible. With subdued lighting, it would be invisible. You could use some black paint and a small brush I guess.

snips86x · 14 Dec 2015 at 12:21

avrc said:
Front of the case. I care because all my other cables are purposely black but the 2 fans on the front which are very visible have the red and white showing. I think I have some black electrical tape somewhere, I'll see how that looks if I can find it.

Front of the case ideally needs to be pulling air into the case from outside - turn the fan round.

avrc · 14 Dec 2015 at 13:41

On this case the front works best as exhaust with both sides as intakes. Recently turned them round and saw a 4c drop on CPU and 2c drop on GPU when gaming. I've got 6x 120mm NB XL1's on this.

With the pc sat next to me on the desk they're highly visible. I've just tried some black electrical tape. A little shiny for my liking but better than coloured wires. The room it's in is very light, having long past my teenage years I don't live in the darkness any more

V F · 14 Dec 2015 at 14:44

I used a black marker. Even replaced the fan stickers with matte black decals/foam since my case is pretty much all stealth.

SuBo · 14 Dec 2015 at 21:29

If not painting them, I'm sure a black sharpie could solve your ugly cables.

Black electrical tape might work, until it eventually dries out (quicker with the constant passing of air over it), and if it frays, the fan noise will be unbearable.

Isn't it fairly strange to have a fan on the front of your case blowing out ?

Tealc · 15 Dec 2015 at 08:15

If you can see the wires as they are soldered to the fan PCB by lifting that ghastly label, then perhaps you could always solder in some nice matt black wires.

Paint, pen and some electrical type will be too shiny and won't look very good. Maybe some black filler caulk? If you smooth it off nicely it may be acceptable.

You could always take the wires out of the track and run along the fan grille. If stuck nicely they'll not impede airflow or anything.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 15 Dec 2015 at 18:28

Just use a black sharpie.