"willbill" <trek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Arny Krueger wrote:
>
>> "Peter Wieck" <pfjw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>
>>> Mpffff.... I typically purchase 12 gauge, fine-stranded
>>> THHN wire at my electrical supply house. Stretch out
>>> what I need + 10%, tie one end to a doorknob, chuck the
>>> other end in a drill and spin-to-length. A couple of
>>> bits of heat-shrink tubing at each end, solder on the
>>> appropriate connector (or just tin) and there you are.
>>> Cheap, quick, custom-length, custom connectors... life
>>> is good.
>>>
http://web3.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Wiring_Solutions/Electrical_Hook-Up_-z-_Building_Wire/Insulation_Type_-_THHN/106100802440
>
>> This looks pretty smart to me, although wire with
>> lower voltage insulation would be even smarter.
>
> out of honest curiosity, why?
Lower voltage = thinner insulation = lower inductance.
>> Besides the price, which is so low that it looks
>> out-of-date, twisted pair is electrically slightly
>> superior to paralell pair AKA zip cord. Slightly less
>> inductance, and FWIW reduced external field, and better
>> rejection of EMI.
> since there are two opposed ways of doing
> the twist, am i correct that in thinking
> that one is correct and one is wrong?
Yes. Twisting either way is fine.
> if yes, is the way that Monster twists
> their speaker cable the correct way?
Either way is fine. Both the direction and the tightness of the twist have
minimal im****tance.
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