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In Reply to: Re: Bet they had different insulation materials. posted by RickeyM on December 21, 2006 at 18:22:50:
The process for applying Teflon insulation requires a high temperature and corrosive atmosphere. This is why most Teflon-insulated wire is silver-plated. There are processes that can accommodate bare copper, but they use a less-dense version of Teflon. Jon Risch has posted extensive information about this issue.Teflon is not a robust insulator for power cords because it has the property of flowing under pressure at room temperature. This means the power cord could develop a short if it were kinked or pinched. We audiophiles do all kinds of unsafe things with our AC, but no one would attempt to get UL listing for a Teflon-insulated power cord for general purpose use.
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