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Nov 11, 2004 | 06:57 AM

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CarAudioGirl

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12 ga i thought was over kill /.. guys thanks for the input

Nov 11, 2004 | 07:15 AM

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Oh...and what I use to make my RCA's...I hack apart other peoples stuff and claim it as my own.

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Nov 11, 2004 | 11:20 AM

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^ lol - classic

Yeah 12ga would be mental to try to put an end on. Considering most commerical cables are 22ga or thinner I think that 18 or 16ga wire is plenty heavy duty for a home made cable [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

Many commercial cables I have split open only have one twist per inch or LESS also. That's really sh*tty. [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img]

I don't bother with the flex sheathing.

Nov 13, 2004 | 08:30 AM

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I usually use belden 8760 wire, 16 guage, twisted pair, shielded, but it's only one pair, I have some kicking around somewhere that's 6 pair, I keep meaning ot make a set of Front LR, rear LR and sub LR cables.

Nov 13, 2004 | 08:57 AM

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^ I experimented with making that (plus remote on) out of all primary wire. Looks cool but is pretty labour intensive

Nov 23, 2004 | 07:50 PM

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^that was an interesting read...

Nov 23, 2004 | 08:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by MaNiC!:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Haunz:
Cat5 at home depot

Nov 24, 2004 | 04:36 PM

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^why waste your time/effort making them out of anything else... ?

Cat 5 is the same as using T/P with the added benifit that its four cables in one which reduces loop area compaired to using seperate t/p or RCA cables... (better even if you don't have balance/compairative inputs to make use of the twisting)

I read that bit on installer.com probably 2years ago.. as I recall there was some controversy because of the way eddie terminated the cables and because he used capacitivly induced noise, which is not typical of noise problems in a car, and to which shielded cable has a significant advantage of attenuation....

Can't you get cable similar to cat-5 that has more runs of wire also ??

Anyway.. Id only bother making em if I had noise problems that I knew were caused by my existing cables... if it aint broke don't fix it...

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Nov 25, 2004 | 02:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by MaNiC!:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Newb:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by MaNiC!:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Haunz:
Cat5 at home depot

Cat 5? You need to read this:

http://www.installer.com/tech/cat5.html [/QUOTE]Maybe you should read that again. In fact his conclusion is that UTP is only slightly inferior and probably indistiguishable in almost all cases. [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]So why waste your time,effort, and money making cables out of cat 5. [/QUOTE]Because if you have nothing, some cheap ends and CAT5 is actually quite cheap.

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