I am working on cleaning up the wiring for my case. I have 3 x 6" Cathode tubes and 3 x Round fan cathodes. I wanted to run the wiring inconspicuously underneath the MB tray. The problem I ran into was that the wires were not long enough. I bought a spool of solid 24 gauge wire from a local electrical store and proceeded to splice in extensions. I stripped each wire twisted them together, soldered them, and then wrapped them with electrical tape. Each extension was about 6-14 inches long, just enough to reach the little rectangular junctions (are those called ballast?). After they were all connected I turned the power on, an Ultra X-Connect 500W PS. The three cathodes I needed to extend were not working properly, though. I could tell there was power running to them, but only have the cathode was working, and even that wasn't very bright.
Can you extend the wiring, or is a specific length required?
Is there a better method than my strip, twist, solder method?
Is solid 24 gauge wire what I should be using?
Hoping someone has run across this problem before, or has more insight than I.
TIA for any help,
Chris