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Amp hookup wire

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Anyone stumbled upon a good local supply of 20g stranded or solid core hookup wire?
Been a while since I last built.

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never doing solid core again after the issues with my DR103 clone. Gets brittle and breaks/cracks at the bends eventually and causes crackling
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druz15 wrote:never doing solid core again after the issues with my DR103 clone. Gets brittle and breaks/cracks at the bends eventually and causes crackling
yes, i recall having some similar issues with my princeton build come to think of it
stranded core is the way me thinks

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Here's a tip:
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
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Anvil Amps Alan wrote:Here's a tip:
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
you mean to salvage out of old computers?
thats a good idea.

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druz15 wrote:never doing solid core again after the issues with my DR103 clone. Gets brittle and breaks/cracks at the bends eventually and causes crackling
Like those cheap Fender ribbon connectors.

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Anvil Amps Alan wrote:Here's a tip:
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
yep old coffee machines I've pulled apart have really cool high temp/volt cloth covered wire. Dismantled one for parts/recycling and got a few metres of awesome cable which I'm saving for my next eventual amp build
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I've never had any problems with solid core hookup. There's a guy on tard-me who sells spools of easy-to use stuff that's perfect for signal wire from time to time. megatronics man or something. For solid core heater hookup, I just get a spool of 600V insulated 1mm single strand solid core power cable from the local electric tradey wholesaler
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tubeswell wrote:I've never had any problems with solid core hookup. There's a guy on tard-me who sells spools of easy-to use stuff that's perfect for signal wire from time to time. megatronics man or something. For solid core heater hookup, I just get a spool of 600V insulated 1mm single strand solid core power cable from the local electric tradey wholesaler
Why is some wire made solid core? Is there an electrical reason that makes it advantageous over multiple strand stuff?

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Molly wrote:
tubeswell wrote:I've never had any problems with solid core hookup. There's a guy on tard-me who sells spools of easy-to use stuff that's perfect for signal wire from time to time. megatronics man or something. For solid core heater hookup, I just get a spool of 600V insulated 1mm single strand solid core power cable from the local electric tradey wholesaler
Why is some wire made solid core? Is there an electrical reason that makes it advantageous over multiple strand stuff?
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It’s easier to dress - stays put
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tubeswell wrote:It’s easier to dress - stays put
yep this.
Super easy to do a clean layout with it.
If you over-stress it as mentioned though it develops brittle joints and eventually breaks.
When you remove the main turret board a couple times to investigate issues all of a sudden you've just created a new one by slightly stressing the points on the wire where you've bent them.
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tubeswell wrote:It’s easier to dress - stays put
Same reason it's used in houses, fast to strip and install and it doesn't have to move :)
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