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Does anyone have a source for 14 ga. OFC Romex wire ?
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Cardas makes a very nice OFC in wall cable. I'm not sure who carries it, but e-mail Cardas and they will know.
I saw it at CES one or two years ago, it looked very nice.
Peace,
Lee
Last time I checked, Dedicated Audio carries the Cardas in-wall cable. Looks like pretty nice stuff (now if only I could install a dedicated 20A circuit for my system).
-- Nils
Oyaide have a 14awg power cable,the pa23 using PCOCC-A conductors and copper foil shield.I t is a very well made cable and will surely make your system sing.
From wikipedia: Oxygen-free copper
C11000 - also known as Electrolytic-Tough-Pitch (ETP). This is the most common copper. It is universal for electrical applications. ETP has a minimum conductivity rating of 100% IACS and is required to be 99.9% pure. It has 0.02% to 0.04% oxygen content (typical). Most ETP sold today will meet or exceed the 101% IACS specification. As with OF copper, silver (Ag) content is counted as copper (Cu) for purity purposes.
Southwire Wire and Cable Terms/Rating (The Romex brand is owned by Southwire)
1. COPPER - The copper used in all Southwire products is described in ASTM Specifications as UNS No. C11000, Electrolytic Tough Pitch (ETP). Bare copper is produced in three tempers: Hard, Medium-Hard, and Soft. Copper utility covered and insulated products can be manufactured in all three tempers. Insulated copper building wire and cable is manufactured in soft temper only.
Hope this helps
Regards
James
or dead soft copper wire has a 4% better conductivity. Most wire sold today is hard to semi hard annealed in order to facilitate their use in metal conduits. Dead soft annealed copper was widely available in the old days when many installations were not required to use conduits.
I find that the TX series designates the dead soft annealed wire, and it does sound fairly good. In fact I have rolls of it stashed away for DIY projects which may need bus bars like some of the Jadis and their Chinese imitators. You will rarely find TX wire in large stores like Home Depot, but independent electrical contractors will often still have spools of it lying around, and that is where I got my wire.
Stu
Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that "Romex" was a generic term for 'two conductor w/ground in a plastic sheath' wire of various gauges.
Good detailed info, James....thanks for the 'dig'.
Oyaide makes two versions of their in-wall solid core AC cable. The EE/F-S 2.6 is 10AWG and the EE/F-S 2.0 is 12AWG. Both are 5 9s copper and shielded with heavy copper foil. This is heavy duty in-wall cable and it is not inexpensive. I bought a small quantity of each to experiment with. It’s very nice cable. You can tell the difference between the Oyaide copper and the Romex copper just by looking at it. The Oyaide website only has an English link for the 10AWG EE/F-S 2.6.
http://www.oyaide.com/e_audio/audio_products_files/ee.f-s.html
The Japanese links are:
EE/F-S 2.6 http://www.oyaide.com/audio/audio_products_files/EE.F-S.htm
EE/F-S 2.0 http://www.oyaide.com/audio/audio_products_files/EE.F-S_2.0.htm
You can translate the web pages using Babel Fish or the Google translation tool. You won’t get an exact translation but you’ll probably get what you need.
You can browse the english version of the page. :)
-- Nils
I have seen Oyaide Romex but cannot find it on their website.
Ping SantaFe as I know he has some and may have more info on it if your interested.
Cheers
Kenster....Romex is a brand, made by the Southwire Company. I realize that the Romex name is usually used for generic in-wall cabling (like Xerox for copying or Kleenex for tissue paper), but the point needs to be made.
Oyaide does make a 10-gauge, solid-core, high-purity in-wall cable (similar to their Tunami power cable) called EE/FS, but again it is not 14-gauge as the original poster asked about.
The pic is above.
"Romex is a brand, made by the Southwire Company. I realize that the Romex name is usually used for generic in-wall cabling (like Xerox for copying or Kleenex for tissue paper), but the point needs to be made."
Yes, it does. Southwire is very protective of their trademarked brand name, as they should be.
Peace,
Lee
"Kenster....Romex is a brand, made by the Southwire Company. I realize that the Romex name is usually used for generic in-wall cabling (like Xerox for copying or Kleenex for tissue paper), but the point needs to be made."
I agree and thanks for making the point :-)
How about a beer sometime? Of course, we could break that down to basic classifications that includes an Ale or a Lager or the Hybrid beers but I just prefer to drink it :-)
Cheers
"How about a beer sometime? Of course, we could break that down to basic classifications that includes an Ale or a Lager or the Hybrid beers but I just prefer to drink it :-)"
Do not forget to include Pilsner and Stout!
....at what temperature?
A thirst quenching 45 degrees F. would be just right.
Cheers
See the listing on VH Audio's site:
"Acrolink 6N-P4030 cable is made with .999999 (99.9999%) purity stress free stranded copper (10 AWG X 3). Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry - an extremely powerful tool for performing ultra-trace elemental analysis has been applied to determine the purity of the copper in the Acrolink 6N-P4030 conductors. The Acrolink 6N-P4030 also uses a new polymer polyolefin insulation, and resonance absorbing material for maximum performance. This cable is more flexible than the Tunami, or Neotech NEP-3001 and is about the same flexibility as the Neotech NEP-3003. This cable has no braid or foil shield."
$134.99 per meter.
....not 14-gauge. Nor is it made for in-wall use. Acrolink does make a 10-gauge, solid-core, 6/9's in-wall cable called P-4060....but again, the original poster asked for 14-gauge OFC. A different animal.
I've seen the Acrolink building wire and it is very nice, indeed.
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