Power cord? Why?

sean...what do you mean "staggered"?

My "stack" is HOT/NEUT/HOT/NEUT/HOT/NEUT/

When you said "stacked", this made me think of three pieces of zip cord standing side by side in a row i.e. "hot / hot / hot" stacked on top of "neutral / neutral / neutral" and then twisted. By staggering the conductors, i meant exactly what you ended up doing, i.e. alternating polarity for every other wire. That should work fine from what i can tell. My only thoughts are "good luck" in getting all of these properly terminated into a connector : ) Sean
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sean...When twisted together three #12 conductors were obviously too big to fit even a heavy duty connector. No problem. I soldered the twisted triad together, and then milled it down with a grinder so as to just barely fit the connector.

El: I'd be curious as to the specific capacitive and inductive measurements that you get with such a cable. Is it possible to either post these specs or forward them to me via email if you have the means to do so ? Sean
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Eldartford:
It doesn't work like that! Mill down #12 to #16 at termination point and you have #16.