Some of the best speaker cable is Home Depot's THHN. I don't know what that means, but use a leg for plus and another for minus, and its really good.Thermoplastic, PVC, with a nylon jacket.
Another speaker wire possibility at Home Depot???
As an alternative to the "decorative" orange and gray stripe 12 guage wire that has been discussed in several previous threads, I am wondering whether anyone has used another 12 guage wire from Home Depot under the brand name Carol Landscape Lighting Cable. It is low voltage for use with 12-volt outdoor lighting systems, black casing with one conductor ribbed for polarity identification and much more flexible than the orange/gray extension cord wire. I intend to give it a try and will report back to this thread at a later date. Meantime, would welcome any comments and/or any experiences others may have encountered with this cable.
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The capacitive & inductive characteristics of the cable will present NO problems in the lenghts used in the average home systems. The dielectric is of similar negligible import since it's the insulator & not the conductor. Some read too many cable mfgs'. white papers which usually contain little else than unsubstatiated claims. Most of these cos. don't own a single piece of test gear. They merely buy the cables OEM. Cable forums similarly produce a lot of smoke & very little light when discussing these matters. |
09-13-07: Joeabrams>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree.... This guy goes into more detail and tells why.... http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/s1.htm . |
Actually, THHN can be broken down in the electrical codes for meaning (not in T H H N order): Nylon Thermoplastic Jacket for dry locations, maximum conductor temperature 90°C dry location, 600 volts power, single conductor. Comes in a variety of awg and strands. Primarily used for branch and feeder residential & com'l installs. Good copper wire, a bit on the stiff side though -- probably works pretty good. |
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