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Anyone Built Power Cords Using High End Car Audio Power Cord?

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I dropped into the local car audio dealer to have a chat about a few things. While in the store I got to looking at the bulk cable he has. On his roles he has IXOS power cable, I beleive it's intended for a car audio application. Anyways he has stuff from 12 guage, down to 4 guage. It got me to thinking about DIY'ing some cords with the 3 lengths of 12 guage in a loose braid. has anyone gone this route? Would there be any inherent safety issues I would be violating here? I relaize it's intended for 12 volt car audio, but I would think the insulator would be up to the job for a home application. Any comments and opinions on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
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Mister Pig

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Re: Anyone Built Power Cords Using High End Car Audio Power Cord? - bill ramsay 21:48:25 09/23/02 (0)
hello
as you correctly point out it is the insulation that is the issue here. why not do a search on the web for the manufacturer and find out what the insulation is made of, then cross check with a 'normal' power cord manufacturer and see if it is ok.
you will probably find out that it is ok, after all the power in the US is only 110V (or thereabouts!, seems to depend a lot on where you live!!). We are a bit more cagey in these parts as we use 230V here.
FWIW, when i was at school, a lonnggggg time ago, a friend of mine wired up some desk lamps using telephone wire, I advised him to get rid of it, but he had it working for a couple of weeks before i discovered it.
best wishes
bill

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