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Burn in power cord by boiling water??

A Hi-Fi dealer the other day told me that in order to burn in and smoothen out a new power cord, I should get my wife to use it on the kettle to boil water (Rather sexist remark, I know). The theory is that kettles draw a lot more current than hi-fi equipment. He further advised not to do it more than 3 times.

Just a bit worried that the wife might not want to return the power cord after she discovers that her coffee tastes a lot better by using it.

Any opinions on this?
lohkkw51e5
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
I use lightning to burn power cords (hey, it worked for Franklin). Now if I could only find some bad weather...
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
Try using some of the "burning glares" you've received as a response to your question...... ;-)
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cpdunn99
639 posts
 
I burn mine in on the fridge using a cheater cord from Ernie. The ice cubes are much better formed, the light does not flicker, and the hum of the motor is much more musical. Oh, and the white wine I'm chilling is much rounder and has more air. There is much greater separation among the flavors...
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
Cp..,
Nice idea but not for burn-in...
Actually if we freeze cables they will greatly improve conductance i.e. kind-a get close to super-conductance!
So if we take ordinary wires and build freezers arround them we actually can get away cheaper than mega-priced Nirvanas or Nordost indeed!
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
we were discussing this issue with Bob Crump, & decided that drawing more breakin current than will be used in the atucal application probably isn't going to have much of an advantageous effect.
I use one of Ernie's reverse cheater cords w\ the refrigerator as load & have found that works fine.
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