cylinder on cable

[Boba & Ilinka]

On some USB cable there are a cylinder 2" long. What is that for.

Boba Vankufer

 

[Boba & Ilinka]

Thanks

look at the post, usb cables, on the 08/12

 

[CBFalconer]

Boba & Ilinka wrote: *** and top-posted - fixed ***

Thanks

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[Guest]

On some USB cable there are a cylinder 2" long. What is that for.

There are 2 possibilities:

1. It's a patch for a weak spot in the cable and keeps it from
bursting if too much data bunches up there.

2. It's a filter to block excessive radio frequency interference from
radiating out of the computer.