Thanks for this, kids were sad after I promised they could play the wii, only to find out the cable of the sensor bar had got caught on something and torn. Spliced the cable back together following your instructions and got it all working again, crisis avoided! Thanks!
One of my biggest hopes with these videos is that I'll be able to help people when they run into similar problems. So glad I could help out, and thanks for watching!
@@canifixitofficial but this is common sense, not a tutorial, everyone in existence has patched a cable and the wires are usually color coded for again. Common sense.
@@yourmomsbf878 It's not meant to be a tutorial, just documenting my experience in case it might be helpful to others (and judging by all the other comments, it has been helpful to a lot of people!😁)
@@canifixitofficial hi. my gamegear wires broke. i wanna to solder but the i wire is skinny just as the sensor bare on wiimote. how do i do so? things is getting expensive
I bought a second hand wii off of marketplace and the seller said I need to replace the sensor bar because the wire snapped. I tried joining it and it doesn't work but as soon as I get home I'm gonna try burning the insulation off and joining. Will update my comment if I got it working Update: working perfectly after burning off the insulation and twisting together. Didn't have isopropyl so I just cleaned them with a paper towel to get the soot off. Thank you so much.
That is a common problem when trying to solder things together. I used to be an electronics technician, I went to school for two years to do that, but never really worked in the industry. I do have enough soldering experience to tell you that this happens a lot and all you really need is some flux. If you dip each wire in the flux it will actually cause the solder to draw in to it and it would literally take you probably a few seconds to get it done per Solder joint. Great job though. This video helped me.
Thank you for posting this excellent video. My pet rabbit chewed the wire in 3 places. I decided to abandon about 12 inches and follow your advice about burning & cleaning the exposed wire ends. The splicing worked and I am thrilled & grateful.
Nice video, could have been cut down a little bit more, but advice worked. there are only 2 wires in the sensor cable, a red shielded and an exposed copper, then some white string looking thing. An important note here is that the red shielding is like "painted" on the wire and must be removed in order to either solder or twist them back successfully. It won't work otherwise, I tried, and even tried with what I thought had melted/burned off the shielding, but apparently was not all the way as I went back over and burned and cleaned it off with alcohol. Twisted them together and got the sensor working again for my mom's wii. A little tip too is you can expose more length of the wire and only burn the tip off, so the bottom is still red so you can tell which is which.
Awsome this helped me so much! I was trying to splice ends, but was getting no continuity, until I burned the coating off, like you showed, and it now works! :) Our cat chewed through the wire. lol
Someone has probably mentioned. But dip your wires in some flux after you twist the strands together (if it is a stranded wire). Also use 60/40 leaded solder. Unleaded is just difficult to work with. Good iron too. Pinecil is great and priced right.
The burning off the excess insulation was was worked for me, thanks 4 years later. My girlfriend who is nostalgic is super pleased! I just scraped off the black between my fingertip and my nail and; voila!
Wow I tried like 3 times and no luck before I saw your video. What worked for me was the part where you need to burn the insulation in the wire and it works !! Thank you so much !! 😊 You def got me to subscribe !
Good tip about the cleaning with isopropyl, tried just burning then twisting them together, didnt work. Then I looked up your vid on youtube, you suggested this and it works now 😃 tyvm
Wow, that's great! I was worried that the isopropyl alcohol step didn't actually do anything, but if it helped you then I'm glad I included it in the video!
Thanks for your wonderful video lesson. I was trying the same way and missing the part of burning the insulation. After your video burned the insulation and it is working fine. Thanks again
Thanks. I fixed the cable by your video. The trick is the insulated coating on the wire which is not easy to notice, burn the wire with a lighter for a while and the coating should be gone. Soldering is not really necessary.
It was probably real. You can use two candles. I don't think it works quite as well as using a proper sensor bar, but it would definitely work if that's your only option.
wow, there really is a youtube tutorial for anything! my rats got into my wii and managed to chew up the sensor bar wire T__T im so glad i found this video, thank you for making it
I do have another video where I replace it entirely with a cable that plugs into the wall. It still requires soldering the new cable to the board though: ua-cam.com/video/eCzPx-3XZpA/v-deo.htmlsi=hzO_CI3WC-9SMXzE
You definitely can, but you'll have to make sure the wall adapter that you're using will give the right voltage. Here's another video I did that explains this a little more: ua-cam.com/video/eCzPx-3XZpA/v-deo.html
Eh, Nintendo having to save a penny by using cheap easy to snap wire. I still have grown family who come over for the holidays and summer and play Wii Sports. Sadly, the thin cable snapped and I have been struggling to splice this cable. Going to try the lighter to burn the wiring to see if that's whats going wrong for me. Its just too bad those cheapo aftermarket battery powered bars aren't on the market anymore.
Let me know if it worked! And agreed on the cable being thin and cheap. This comment section is full of people who had the same thing happen to them. Also I might be making a video on how to make a battery powered sensor bar one day.
Thanks for this, kids were sad after I promised they could play the wii, only to find out the cable of the sensor bar had got caught on something and torn. Spliced the cable back together following your instructions and got it all working again, crisis avoided! Thanks!
One of my biggest hopes with these videos is that I'll be able to help people when they run into similar problems. So glad I could help out, and thanks for watching!
u could replace the sensor bar with 2 candles toooooo!!!!!!!!
@@canifixitofficial but this is common sense, not a tutorial, everyone in existence has patched a cable and the wires are usually color coded for again. Common sense.
@@yourmomsbf878 It's not meant to be a tutorial, just documenting my experience in case it might be helpful to others (and judging by all the other comments, it has been helpful to a lot of people!😁)
@@canifixitofficial hi. my gamegear wires broke. i wanna to solder but the i wire is skinny just as the sensor bare on wiimote. how do i do so? things is getting expensive
I bought a second hand wii off of marketplace and the seller said I need to replace the sensor bar because the wire snapped.
I tried joining it and it doesn't work but as soon as I get home I'm gonna try burning the insulation off and joining. Will update my comment if I got it working
Update: working perfectly after burning off the insulation and twisting together. Didn't have isopropyl so I just cleaned them with a paper towel to get the soot off.
Thank you so much.
That is a common problem when trying to solder things together. I used to be an electronics technician, I went to school for two years to do that, but never really worked in the industry. I do have enough soldering experience to tell you that this happens a lot and all you really need is some flux. If you dip each wire in the flux it will actually cause the solder to draw in to it and it would literally take you probably a few seconds to get it done per Solder joint. Great job though. This video helped me.
Thanks so much for the advice! I've never used flux before, but it's definitely something I wanna learn how to utilize in the near future.
ur not alone. i wanted to learn soldering. things are really getting expensive so it's better to try then never. keep up the good work
Thank you got a wii cheap and the cord broke and I wrapped them together all for them not to work and this got er done, thanks!
Thank you for posting this excellent video. My pet rabbit chewed the wire in 3 places. I decided to abandon about 12 inches and follow your advice about burning & cleaning the exposed wire ends. The splicing worked and I am thrilled & grateful.
Nice video, could have been cut down a little bit more, but advice worked. there are only 2 wires in the sensor cable, a red shielded and an exposed copper, then some white string looking thing.
An important note here is that the red shielding is like "painted" on the wire and must be removed in order to either solder or twist them back successfully. It won't work otherwise, I tried, and even tried with what I thought had melted/burned off the shielding, but apparently was not all the way as I went back over and burned and cleaned it off with alcohol. Twisted them together and got the sensor working again for my mom's wii.
A little tip too is you can expose more length of the wire and only burn the tip off, so the bottom is still red so you can tell which is which.
Awsome this helped me so much! I was trying to splice ends, but was getting no continuity, until I burned the coating off, like you showed, and it now works! :) Our cat chewed through the wire. lol
Cats chewing through the wire seems to be a common theme in this comment section lol. So glad my video helped!
Someone has probably mentioned. But dip your wires in some flux after you twist the strands together (if it is a stranded wire). Also use 60/40 leaded solder. Unleaded is just difficult to work with. Good iron too. Pinecil is great and priced right.
The burning off the excess insulation was was worked for me, thanks 4 years later. My girlfriend who is nostalgic is super pleased!
I just scraped off the black between my fingertip and my nail and; voila!
Thanks man! My cat chewed the wire and I was able to solder it back together
Nice job! Happy it worked out for ya.
Same..
My cat chewed threw mine too
Same lol
Thank you for sharing burn trick. It really does make a difference
Thanks man!! It was very helpful, now the bar is working again!! 👏👏
Wow I tried like 3 times and no luck before I saw your video.
What worked for me was the part where you need to burn the insulation in the wire and it works !!
Thank you so much !! 😊
You def got me to subscribe !
Awesome! Happy I could help
Thanks man! I would have never guessed I needed to burn the coating off you saved me a huge headache!!!
No problem dude, thanks for the sub!
Good tip about the cleaning with isopropyl, tried just burning then twisting them together, didnt work. Then I looked up your vid on youtube, you suggested this and it works now 😃 tyvm
Wow, that's great! I was worried that the isopropyl alcohol step didn't actually do anything, but if it helped you then I'm glad I included it in the video!
Thanks for your wonderful video lesson. I was trying the same way and missing the part of burning the insulation. After your video burned the insulation and it is working fine. Thanks again
You're welcome! Thank you so much for watching!
Thanks bud! Tried to fix a friends cord today by splicing but no success. Will try the burning and cleaning of the wires and hopefully that works. 🙏
Thanks. I fixed the cable by your video. The trick is the insulated coating on the wire which is not easy to notice, burn the wire with a lighter for a while and the coating should be gone. Soldering is not really necessary.
Awesome, glad you could fix your cable. Just like you said, it's all about getting rid of the coating on the wire.
Bummer, still no luck. Burned off the insulation and cleaned. Tried multiple times. :/
Dang that sucks. Maybe you had the positive and negative wire flipped?
Thank you! I would never have guessed to get rid of the white insulation.
Best. Video. Ever. Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!!! The key was burning off the insulation 👍👍 all fixed. Happy family
I'll just buy a new motion sensor bar. Lol. My new kittens but mine in half.
@@David-en6jg that's certainly one way of fixing the problem😂
Great video, my sensor bar is now working again.
OK but, how do I fix the sensor on my Wii remote, its not working
I saw someone use two candles as a sensor but I don't know if they were pulling my leg or not.
It was probably real. You can use two candles. I don't think it works quite as well as using a proper sensor bar, but it would definitely work if that's your only option.
Thanks man, i can finally play again Wii! :D
Have fun!
wow, there really is a youtube tutorial for anything! my rats got into my wii and managed to chew up the sensor bar wire T__T im so glad i found this video, thank you for making it
I've seen a few comments about pets eating their wii sensor bar but this is the first time I've heard of rats! Glad it helped haha
Thanks! Saved the night. 😂
OMG, isn't it better to replace the wire entirely without any soldering?
I do have another video where I replace it entirely with a cable that plugs into the wall. It still requires soldering the new cable to the board though: ua-cam.com/video/eCzPx-3XZpA/v-deo.htmlsi=hzO_CI3WC-9SMXzE
@@canifixitofficial but will looks better ☺️
I’m really glad I found your video, it was very helpful.
Glad it helped!
Dude it work! Thank You!
No problem, glad I could help! Thanks for subscribing bro!
Dude!!! The burning of the wire. That was it.
Yep! that's all it takes.
Keep cutting back until you find the other wire. Trust me
Thx, we have the same issue here. Thanks to you I know how to fix it!
Jake is a miracle 😀 our cat chewed our cord and we were able to fix the wires because of this video #canhefixit? #YES HE CAN
Love it😂
Thanks, it worked :)
I’m glad I didn’t have to get a replacement
That's great to hear!
Awesome UA-cam channel Jake!!!!! 💩
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? Whos jake
Good job!! Looks like I need to try that.😮
Thanx.the thing was just that i didn't knew that i need to burn the two cables to work
Yeah, lots of people miss that step, but that's about all it takes to get it working!
Burning trick worked thanks ! My cat got 3 of mine lol
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Sixteen Twenty Five by Text Me Records / Grandbankss
Great video. 👍 I did the same thing you did and the showed purple lights threw my phone camera butt the remote still does not work
Weird, if the purple lights are working then it should be working. Are you sure your controllers work?
Hey do you think I can attach it to a USB cord and just plug it in a wall?
You definitely can, but you'll have to make sure the wall adapter that you're using will give the right voltage. Here's another video I did that explains this a little more: ua-cam.com/video/eCzPx-3XZpA/v-deo.html
This worked for me. Thanks!
Thanks man. Just the ticket!
Thank you so much you're a God send, I followed your example and it worked.🥰💝🤩
thanks very much dude !!!!!! Your advice really worked
No problem, happy to help!
Thank you so much for this video!
No problem!
Eh, Nintendo having to save a penny by using cheap easy to snap wire. I still have grown family who come over for the holidays and summer and play Wii Sports. Sadly, the thin cable snapped and I have been struggling to splice this cable. Going to try the lighter to burn the wiring to see if that's whats going wrong for me. Its just too bad those cheapo aftermarket battery powered bars aren't on the market anymore.
Let me know if it worked! And agreed on the cable being thin and cheap. This comment section is full of people who had the same thing happen to them. Also I might be making a video on how to make a battery powered sensor bar one day.
Man all the comments are from people like me who their cat destroyed the wire as well, im having trouble getting it to work tho.
Yeah seems to be a common problem, let me know if you have any questions or if I can help out in some way
I wish you hadn't include that background music
Why is that?
Thanks!! It worked great
Awesome!
Excellent thank you!
Thx trying this rn
Yooooo thank you! Bro this worked !
Glad to hear it
No ****ing way hahha thanks
I even said outloud as I plugged it in "here goes nothing"
Lol that's awesome, good work
Thanks this works for me 🙌
after burning how u cleaned the wires
Fast forward was not a happy idea, especially when soldering and using the multimeter
The soldering didn't work, so there wasn't much point in showing it. I'm happy to answer any questions you have though.
Thank you bro
No problem! Thanks for watching and commenting.
good vid it worked
worked thanks
Gracias me ayudo
De nada, mi amigo
Worked perfect
So glad to hear!
thank you my brother
No problem bro
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how could you say that
Excellent thank you!
No problem, thanks for the sub!