Power cord - 5 ft vs 10 ft ?

I like the way @hilde45 put it.  The size of the conductors is 99% of it.  I would much rather have an ebay chinese 10 awg power cord than a high end 14 awg power cord.  If fact, I would promptly replace the latter.

jumia OP

475 posts

03-03-2023 at 06:13pm 

@hilde45

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Thickness of a power cable certainly is important as you indicate do to better noise control via assumed better shielding.

You draw all that from this statement?

hilde45

3,929 posts

03-03-2023 at 05:00pm 

It's not length son that's important, it's girth.

Like any electric circuit, you need a wire that can handle the load.  That’s why a 10’ - 14 gauge wire is fine for a streamer, it’s not for a 200 watt class A tube amp.

Got the feeling Jason Borne was left permanently scarred by nasty power cable break up, can take some time to heal maybe someday meet a new cable.

10 ft is too long in my book. Sweet spot is 6 ft.