Amp hookup wire
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Amp hookup wire
Anyone stumbled upon a good local supply of 20g stranded or solid core hookup wire?
Been a while since I last built.
Been a while since I last built.
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Re: Amp hookup wire
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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Re: Amp hookup wire
yes, i recall having some similar issues with my princeton build come to think of itdruz15 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
stranded core is the way me thinks
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Re: Amp hookup wire
Here's a tip:
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
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Re: Amp hookup wire
you mean to salvage out of old computers?Anvil Amps Alan wrote:Here's a tip:
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
thats a good idea.
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Like those cheap Fender ribbon connectors.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
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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 buildAnvil Amps Alan wrote:Here's a tip:
The wire on computer power supplies is rated 500 volts and is high temp.
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Re: Amp hookup wire
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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Why is some wire made solid core? Is there an electrical reason that makes it advantageous over multiple strand stuff?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
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WARNING!!!!!!!Cork Sniffery Mumbo-Jumbo Alert.Molly wrote:Why is some wire made solid core? Is there an electrical reason that makes it advantageous over multiple strand stuff?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
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Re: Amp hookup wire
yep this.tubeswell wrote:It’s easier to dress - stays put
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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Same reason it's used in houses, fast to strip and install and it doesn't have to movetubeswell wrote:It’s easier to dress - stays put
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