Breaking in power cords

PA, I never left. In the reference system I'm still using the VH flavor 4 Cryo'd (good bang for the buck). I've not tried any others power cords since December, however I'm waiting to audition some Ridge Street power cords if they are ever sent to me.

RED ALERT, RED ALERT, WIFE DANGER:

I started this threat Oct 29th and not long after daisy chained my new used PCs to break them in. I put them in the basement in the back room and hooked them up to a lamp. I had intended to hook them up to a rotating fan, but never broke into the attic to find our old one. Anyway, today I decided it was long enough, and I would plug one into the system. I went to the basement and found - no lamp on!

Honeeeeyyyyyyy!! Did you turn off that lamp in the basement? Yes. Why? Why not? Nobody was in the room.
Ayyyyyyyy. When did you turn it off? I don't know.
A week? Two weeks? Three weeks? I don't know. Why?

Having no civilian-sane answer to that question, I just smiled and walked away. (I can't afford divorce after 20 years.)

The good news is that I took the BMI Whale Supreme, hooked it up to my CAT JL-2, and was very, very pleased. Things appeared in mid bass that just weren't there before. I would have paid good money for the upgrade. Come to think of it....

I was told by the owner of Elrod power cords to use a refrigerator. He said to leave it for about 3-4 weeks running 24/7. The idea is that powercords breakin from the sudden surge of power being drawn through them and also the ebb and flow of the refrigerator cycling through it's different phases. The fan idea is to use an osscilating fan, again for eb and flow. I picked up an IEC adapter at radio shack. Good Listening!

Ok so I wasn't the only crazy one to think to use their fridge or other appliance to break in a power cord. Whew!

I found these connectors on Amazon and thought any new Power cord I buy if I'm in need of breaking them in I can speed up the burn-in process by using the cord with various household items.

Male Plug Adapter IEC C14 To U.S. 3 Pin Female Connector

I don't think I could remember the sonic differences of when I first used the cable to when I'm done with burning them in but at least I'll know the cable is totally burned in now with hundreds of hours of varying current being pushed through it. Some amps I have don't draw as much as a fridge or a vacuum cleaner.