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    Posted: 11 Nov 2015 at 7:46am
Thinking of making my own power cable.
Finding cables, plugs are not to hard but ferrite sleeves or rings are a different thing.
I know nothing about them, do I need them, and if so what spec do I need.
I have tried the web but can not find what I am looking for.
So can any body point me in the right direction for specs and where to buy if that is allowed.
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Hi Dave
I have made various 3-core & 2-core power cables over the years, outer braid sheathed, some including Furutech IEC connectors. 

Whether these are benfeficial or not is another matter but IMO, they do no harm. The braiding may help shield the spaghetti of GSP Lautus/Spatia mixed up with power cables behind my system Wink

As you are local to me (Wirral-Chester), you are welcome to come over as I am in the process of making a couple of 3-core braided IEC leads. 
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Originally posted by Drewan77 Drewan77 wrote:

Hi Dave
I have made various 3-core & 2-core power cables over the years, outer braid sheathed, some including Furutech IEC connectors. 

Whether these are benfeficial or not is another matter but IMO, they do no harm. The braiding may help shield the spaghetti of GSP Lautus/Spatia mixed up with power cables behind my system Wink

As you are local to me (Wirral-Chester), you are welcome to come over as I am in the process of making a couple of 3-core braided IEC leads. 
Thanks for the kind offer Andrew I will give it a miss at the moment if you don't mind.
The census of opinion seams to be split over its benefits, and saving up to buy the spatial cables might be a better way to go.
I was just after information about the use of ferrite sleeves.
Thanks once again Andrew.
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Hi in much the same way I wouldn't recommend making your own phono stage I wouldn't recommend making a mains cable. To do either properly needs a lot or r&d. I have invested a lot of time and money in cables to significant benefit and with the RIGHT well engineered cables the benefits are large. Generally my mains cables have exceeded the benefit of hardware upgrades.

I upgraded my mains JUST to my PSU and would far rather have kept my ERA GOLD V with the upgraded mains than my REVALATION with stock cable as supplied.

Most reputable specialist cable suppliers provide 60 day money back so not much to loose, providing the right cable is chosen.

My cables do come with blue ferrite rings as standard but not sure I am qualified to say what benefit they provide.

I have always found the benefit if mains cables exceed interconnects, I thought so with speaker cables too until my latest fab upgrade ( at a cost).

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You can by searching online find some DIY mains cable kits using LAPP Control cable which is Double shielded starting from £10.

Having a long chat with one specialist mains cable manufacture (small) he was convinced that contact resistance played a major role in quality so spending a bit more on the plugs will yield more results.

Although not mains cables I am sure I have seen Graham mention that the Quality of the connecters on the interconnects meant that they were a large factor in the cable pricing, that and skilled Yorkshire labour.
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Originally posted by ServerBaboon ServerBaboon wrote:

You can by searching online find some DIY mains cable kits using LAPP Control cable which is Double shielded starting from £10.

Having a long chat with one specialist mains cable manufacture (small) he was convinced that contact resistance played a major role in quality so spending a bit more on the plugs will yield more results.

Although not mains cables I am sure I have seen Graham mention that the Quality of the connecters on the interconnects meant that they were a large factor in the cable pricing, that and skilled Yorkshire labour.


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Yes I agree that well designed plugs for whatever application appear to have a disproportionate impact and surprising!
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