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earbud/Headphone wires?

When you buy new earbuds/headphones there are usually two wires connected by a thin piece of rubber.Is it ok to split the two wires that are joined together when you buy them? Im wondering because i need the extra length.

Answer:

there's a rubber cloth that shrinks once you warmth it up. yet you've got the means to slide the cord via a tube of the stuff. Then use a cigarette lighter to warmth it up. Ask in radio shack. or you may desire to easily wrap the cord in electric tape and use a cigarette lighter to gently soften the tape, it works, no longer nicely, even although that is going to never pull back up.
Its possable on some headphone wire to do that; on others the jacket is too thin and you run the risk of exposing bare wire , if you do expose bare wire I suppose you could cover it with electrical tape....
In almost every case, you just grab the 2 wires close to where they're joined and pull apart gently and it will come apart with no problem at all, and will leave the insulation intact on each wire, as long as you can see the 2 separate wires this should be no problem at all (in fact a lot of earbuds and headphones come with a little rubber piece on the wire that goes up to the split to keep the wires from separating too much, that's how easy they pull apart)

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