Yes, Mark. Unfortunately accepting reality is apparently a personal choice.
And, if you think you've idiot-proofed something, they'll make a better idiot.
Hence all the waivers to protect those who make things.
And, if you think you've idiot-proofed something, they'll make a better idiot.
Hence all the waivers to protect those who make things.
Why use expensive extension cords for speakers? You can buy 12 or 14 awg outdoor direct burial cable speaker wire in bulk cheaper.
Where? Calling it "Speaker cable" seems to call for a price premium of at least 50% around where I live and there is no shortage of dead vacuum cleaners by the side of the road for short runs of 1.5mm<2. I always thought that the main advantage to using extension flex apart from the cheaper cost was being able to couple two of the conductors on the return path to lower total DCR.
I guess it depends on where you live and shop
Another benefit to using extension cord outside is the extra protection the outer sheath gives as protection to the inner insulation and conductors but that is secondary to cost based needs
@Brett I've seen plenty of six conductor flex in 1.5mm<2 but never in 2.5mm, nice score.
Long cables have more resistance.
I used to run a mobile disco and so kept speaker cables as short as possible to reduce losses in the cables.
Thick cable helps, I use UK 13 amp mains stranded cable.
I used to run a mobile disco and so kept speaker cables as short as possible to reduce losses in the cables.
Thick cable helps, I use UK 13 amp mains stranded cable.
I've used tons of it in even higher numbers of cores in control cables in HV installations, but it's typically round, very stiff and uses PE for insulation. I meant I just use 2 runs of ye olde generic 2.5 T&E. Last spools I bought were $A85 (trade), but that's a while back.
@Brett I've done the same with 2-way and 3-way systems. Might as well put those conductors to use!
@Moondog55 If you are using old vacuum cleaner cords for you speakers, doesn't the sound suck? 😛
@Moondog55 If you are using old vacuum cleaner cords for you speakers, doesn't the sound suck? 😛
There's this, 12/2 at well under a dollar a foot.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Electrical-Wire-Landscape-Lighting-Wires/N-5yc1vZc57l
Had to look, 1.5mm is 14 to 15 gauge, 2.5mm is 10 gauge. That gets to be a lot of copper.
https://www.carreracasting.com/charts/wire-gauge
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Electrical-Wire-Landscape-Lighting-Wires/N-5yc1vZc57l
Had to look, 1.5mm is 14 to 15 gauge, 2.5mm is 10 gauge. That gets to be a lot of copper.
https://www.carreracasting.com/charts/wire-gauge
The cable for an electric dryer or electric oven is super thick. Dryers out for garbage all the time. Short length though.
Pano I took my mains leads off oxygen concentrators, they seem to help the sound breathe
"The plaintiff, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman, suffered third-degree burns in her pelvic region when she accidentally spilled coffee in her lap after purchasing it from a McDonald's restaurant. She was hospitalized for eight days while undergoing skin grafting, followed by two years of medical treatment. Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for $20,000 to cover her medical expenses. When McDonald's refused, Liebeck's attorney filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, accusing McDonald's of gross negligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants
"It’s treated as a classic example of judicial overreach and greed: A woman, driving in her car while holding McDonald’s coffee between her legs, spills some of the coffee on herself. Inflicted with some minor burns, she sues McDonald’s, as if she shouldn’t have known that coffee is hot and driving with it in your hand or legs is dangerous. And then she ultimately wins millions of dollars from the fast food chain — becoming rich due to a dumb mistake that was all on her. Only this is all wrong."
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/16/13971482/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit-stella-liebeck
"Typical reaction: Isn’t coffee supposed to be hot? And McDonald’s didn’t pour the coffee on her, she spilled it on herself! Besides, she was driving the car and wasn’t paying attention. Now for the facts: Mrs. Liebeck was not driving when her coffee spilled, nor was the car she was in moving. She was the passenger in a car that was stopped in the parking lot of the McDonald’s where she bought the coffee. She had the cup between her knees while removing the lid to add cream and sugar when the cup tipped over and spilled the entire contents on her lap. The coffee was not just “hot,” but dangerously hot. McDonald’s corporate policy was to serve it at a temperature that could cause serious burns in seconds. Mrs. Liebeck’s injuries were far from frivolous. She was wearing sweatpants that absorbed the coffee and kept it against her skin. She suffered third-degree burns (the most serious kind) and required skin grafts on her inner thighs and elsewhere. Liebeck’s case was far from an isolated event. McDonald’s had received more than 700 previous reports of injury from its coffee, including reports of third-degree burns, and had paid settlements in some cases."
https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts