DIY MAINS CABLE

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I have decided to have ago at making my own mains cables.[]

(I don't want to get into the silly argument on dirty mains ) []

I need three mains cabbles in total, one for me linn pre amp and two more for me power amps. After doing a some research I have decided on using these materials listed below ,all can be bought of ebay

Reference Inline Silver Plated mains 13 amp Plug £16.99 each

Wattgate 320i Silver Plated version £30.00 each

Neech Audio Shielded Power Cable £04.00 per meter

WBT Silver Solder £17.50 a 10 meter real.

Teflon Clear Sleeve Tubing £05.00 a meter.

This works out to about £60.00 per mains cable a total of £180.00 for three cables. I will take photos whilst constructing these cables to help and incourage others to do the same and report back to this forum on the contructing results the quality of the products and a sound test.

( Just rember that no system can sound better than the playback of a recording)

 

[idc]

Nice one darrell. Please post pictures of your work. I would save money on the solder and buy lead solder. Silver was only brought in for 'environmental' reasons and will result in long term reliability issues as silver solder suffers from tin whiskers as the solder corrodes and comes apart.

The MK Tough Plug is also excellent and far cheaper.

 

[Diamond Joe]

idc:

I would save money on the solder and buy lead solder. Silver was only brought in for 'environmental' reasons and will result in long term reliability issues as silver solder suffers from tin whiskers as the solder corrodes and comes apart.

.. and not to mention the fact that silver solder is a pain to use

 

[Anonymous]

eh, what is the solder for? you dont need solder

 

[carter]

terminating the ends of the power cord conducters,it will make a better finish.

 

[carter]

derrall have you considered using ferrite's on your leads.some companys add these and when heat shrinked on have a pro finish

 

[cstanwhf]

I used VDH the contact solution on the DIY Supra mains cable copper contact I made.

But used ordinary 3 pin UK plug and IEC socket.

 

[aliEnRIK]

nodnarb4444:
derrall have you considered using ferrite's on your leads.some companys add these and when heat shrinked on have a pro finish

Ferrites are not always a good thing

 

[grifz]

OMG what the hell is going on here? Then again dont try to explain it to me thanks cos it would be like me explaining starwars to the missus. Enjoy

 

[carter]

aliEnRIK:nodnarb4444:

derrall have you considered using ferrite's on your leads.some companys add these and when heat shrinked on have a pro finish

Ferrites are not always a good thing

explaine pls?

 

[carter]

sorry didnt mean to appear rude. in my question(read it back and it looked a bit rude) i am genuinely interested why thay might hinder

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the input guy's, I seem to be getting a feed back from others experiance that it is better to place the larger sum of the budget on a mains conditioner and not so much on the cables and plugs.

So I might rebudget and get some cheaper components for this diy project.