Nice deal for someone making power cords - Boston CL

[birddog]

Check it out, could easily be turned into nice power cords for your gear!

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/ele/662290285.html

Ceiling drop cords OSHA approved - $15 (Stoughton, MA)

Reply to: sale-662290285@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-04-30, 1:18PM EDT

30 units of industrial drop cords. Fashioned from "Carol 12/3 90C (UL) water resistant SJOOW CSA (-40C) FT-2- P-7K-123033" wire with Hubble 100v plugs and OSHA approved strain relief hanger on each cord. Average length is 15ft. long though some are longer. There are also some 4 wire units with 220 single or 3phase with Hubble connectors.
Contact: Howard Berger cell: 415/559-**** (Edited by me, number is in the ad)
12 Campanelli Parkway, Stoughton, MA 02072

 

[Arkay]

WOW! I'd grab the 220V ones, if they were closer. At that price, compared to what power cords cost in an audio store, one could afford to re-do all the power cords in a system for the cost of one high-end "audio" power cord, and probably have the same result, qualitatively. Good work spotting that...now someone nearby go grab 'em!

 

[RetroHacker]

Haha! I can just see trying to put one of those massive cables on an amplifier...

I would actually have a use for those if I were closer - I really do have equipment that runs on 220 and three phase. The three phase stuff is going to be modified to run off 220, since I don't have three phase service at my house.

Hmm, come to think of it, what I really need is fifty feet of 12 gauge wire, all in one length, since I need to install the wiring from the breaker panel to the gear.

But still, that is pretty funny to think about trying to install something like that on audio gear. I can just envision a receiver with this massive 12 gauge power cable and a twist-lock connector.

-Ian

 

[birddog]

Haha! I can just see trying to put one of those massive cables on an amplifier...


But still, that is pretty funny to think about trying to install something like that on audio gear. I can just envision a receiver with this massive 12 gauge power cable and a twist-lock connector.

-Ian

C'mon, every audiophile knows that bigger is better! Bet you would never feel it get warm under load!

Didn't you know the "Industrial" look is coming into fashion for audio gear?:thmbsp:

 

[Arkay]

Overkill with power wiring doesn't actually hurt, only under-kill (using too small a wire). It's true that using over-large wire won't give any additional benefit, but it would be fun, would impress the ignorant and make the audiophool snobs jealous (when they ask what brand it is, watch them squirm when you name a brand they've never heard of, and it's thicker than theirs... ), and would give you peace of mind that you'd done all you could to keep your gear "well fed". The Hubbells alone make the deal worthwhile; the rest is fun!

Of course, there are limits. I regularly see copper cable at the metal-recycling place in my district that is over 1/2 inch thick, sans insulation. It's made of twisted strands of copper that must be about 16 gauge per solid strand. I've thought of taking it apart and using a few strands to make my own "monster" cables, but it's hard to work with wire that thick: it's too stiff.

All just for fun!