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RE: Experiment

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In Reply to: RE: Experiment posted by bartc on June 23, 2007 at 05:49:23

Good advice - experiment, try different things. I paid very little for the duplex and quad/4-in-1 receptacles. I got 'em on eBay. I paid about $2 each for the brand NIB hospital grade duplex outlets, and about $10 for the NIB quad receptacles. Both use unplated copper alloy wipers, and both have very few strongly magnetic, ferrous metal parts.

Not that I'm so well versed in the nuances of power components and audio, what I picked up isn't as "exotic" as the serious audio-designed products, but the price was reasonable and I thought I'd give 'em a try. They're all WAY better than the cheap contractor grade stuff I've got in the walls now. The plugs almost fall out of the receptacles all by themselves! ;) There's quite the death grip between the industrial/hopital grade straight blade plugs and recptacles.

I know where to find the Chris VH DIY power cord recipes. Anywhere I can find Alan Maher's?

As I'm making, at least for now, only the receptacle extension cord boxes, I suppose I can apply the same principles in wiring them/installing the cording in the same way you'd do with a power cord?

Thanks.

- SJ

Follow Ups:

Alan's dual twist recipe - bartc 17:39:36 06/25/07 (2)
Look it up here or in cables in the archives under audionutge@yahoo.com
- RE: Alan's dual twist recipe - tvr2500m 20:34:54 06/25/07 (1)
  Found it. Danged easy. Thanks.
  
  - SJ
  - ease of PCs - bartc 22:52:04 06/25/07 (0)
    Actually, I don't find any of the standard PC recipes very hard to do. Sometimes the raw materials aren't readily at hand, but the construction is pretty simple.
    
    Alan's dual twist does work well for me on my analog DIY power strip. I have not tested it in that position against any other designs, so cannot say it's the best.
    
    He did have one other, a quad braid, that he recommended above the dual twist. When I tried the quad braid with the choice mil spec 10 AWG wire he recommended, I did not like the results. But at that time I had also switched the outlets to Hubbels, had switched the box to a PVC box from metal, and it could easily have been those factors that failed to impress me. I simply didn't bother to do a factor analysis, just switched back to what I liked.
    
    I made mine with ordinary THHN 12 AWG, available at any hardware store, and hand twisted. You'll get a better twist with that stuff using a power drill, but it's not a night and day difference. I asked him what would work that was "off the shelf" for raw materials for that application and that was the design he recommended I try.
    
    You probably ran across that thread and subsequent discussions.

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