Hi
Its just a twisted pair cat5 cable. What would you suggest? The reason why I choose this, apart from having a pile of it, was that Dave (Planet10) suggests using a single pair for the speakers cables.
Very nice, Richard. I like the cleanness of it. Looks like everything bolts directly to the heatsinks. have you any shots with the cover off?
That is one beautiful amp, congratulations.
I found your amp very interesting because I was planning my build to be very similar, although with Peter Daniels boards.
I must say, I would not normally speak up, but I must agree with jleaman - that cat5 output wire has gots to go!
As for a suggestion, I would say 18 or 16-guage. I am going to be using regular old stranded copper 16g.
Once again, hurrah on another F5 added to the world, I sure wish I could get mine done!
I found your amp very interesting because I was planning my build to be very similar, although with Peter Daniels boards.
I must say, I would not normally speak up, but I must agree with jleaman - that cat5 output wire has gots to go!
As for a suggestion, I would say 18 or 16-guage. I am going to be using regular old stranded copper 16g.
Once again, hurrah on another F5 added to the world, I sure wish I could get mine done!
You really need to use speaker cable for the output, or at least something much thicker. I don't think cat5 will handle any significant current (2A at a guess).
You are also increasing the output impedance of the amp.
If the insulation melts, then you are going to short the amp (because of the twisted pair).
Hi
I have some DHLABS silver plated hook-up wire. It has a diameter of around 1.5mm
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Will this be OK?
I have some DHLABS silver plated hook-up wire. It has a diameter of around 1.5mm
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Will this be OK?
I just did a quick google search; 1.5 mm is about .05 inches which is about 16 gauge which is about about 13 amps. Should be plenty.
There are a lot of web sites out there that give wire diameter and current limits. Here is one: Xtronics Wiki.
There are a lot of web sites out there that give wire diameter and current limits. Here is one: Xtronics Wiki.
1.5mm diammeter wire (or area of 2.5mm^2) is good for about 20A, or possibly higher if it has silicone or teflon insulation.
So you should be ok with that.
So you should be ok with that.
Those are the only things that I would change in your amp. Now they're done. Congratulations for a great build 🙂
All done. I also changed the input to an old shielded RCA cable
So how does it sound?😀
A CAT5 cable consists of 4 twisted pairs of 24AWG (or possibly 23AWG). A pair of CAT5 cables would yield 18AWG speaker cables. I don't think Planet10 meant a single twisted pair of 24AWG as speaker cables.
Hi Tosh
I'm not sure if it was this thread but the info appears here too.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/108029-using-cat5-speaker-wire.html
I apologise if I have misunderstood. I've changed the cables now so it doesn't really matter.