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!

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.

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.

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!

Thanks man!! It was very helpful, now the bar is working again!! 👏👏

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

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.

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.

Thank you for sharing burn trick. It really does make a difference

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 !

Thanks man! My cat chewed the wire and I was able to solder it back together

Thanks man! I would have never guessed I needed to burn the coating off you saved me a huge headache!!!

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.

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

I’m really glad I found your video, it was very helpful.

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 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. 🙏

Thank you! I would never have guessed to get rid of the white insulation.

I'll just buy a new motion sensor bar. Lol. My new kittens but mine in half.

Great video, my sensor bar is now working again.

Thanks man, i can finally play again Wii! :D

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.

Thanks, it worked :) I’m glad I didn’t have to get a replacement

Thank you!!! The key was burning off the insulation 👍👍 all fixed. Happy family

Good job!! Looks like I need to try that.😮

Dude it work! Thank You!

Thx, we have the same issue here. Thanks to you I know how to fix it!

Best. Video. Ever. Thank you so much!

Thanks! Saved the night. 😂

Thank you so much for this video!

Bummer, still no luck. Burned off the insulation and cleaned. Tried multiple times. :/

This worked for me. Thanks!

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

thanks very much dude !!!!!! Your advice really worked

Keep cutting back until you find the other wire. Trust me

Thank you so much you're a God send, I followed your example and it worked.🥰💝🤩

Thanks man. Just the ticket!

Burning trick worked thanks ! My cat got 3 of mine lol

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

Awesome KZfaq channel Jake!!!!! 💩

Thanks!! It worked great

Dude!!! The burning of the wire. That was it.

Excellent thank you!

Yooooo thank you! Bro this worked !

Thanx.the thing was just that i didn't knew that i need to burn the two cables to work

I saw someone use two candles as a sensor but I don't know if they were pulling my leg or not.

OK but, how do I fix the sensor on my Wii remote, its not working

worked thanks

Thx trying this rn

Hey do you think I can attach it to a USB cord and just plug it in a wall?

Thanks this works for me 🙌

Thank you bro

good vid it worked

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

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.

Gracias me ayudo

Worked perfect

OMG, isn't it better to replace the wire entirely without any soldering?

No ****ing way hahha thanks I even said outloud as I plugged it in "here goes nothing"

Song?

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.

I wish you hadn't include that background music

thank you my brother

Fast forward was not a happy idea, especially when soldering and using the multimeter

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Excellent thank you!