Home made power cable

Thank you gentlemen, looks like I will stick with my kettle lead for the time being.
Just one more question gold plating, is it done for sonic reasons or just to stop oxidation.
As I am shure I read some where copper is a better conductor than gold.
Cheers
Dave

Oi, Richard, get a chemistry book mate!

'Cos it seems to me you're being misled, and in the process it's misleading everybody else.

Silver and copper are the number one and two most conductive metals, but as both are chemically reactive, they are poor contact materials. They oxidise and tarnish.

This is why the mainstream uses gold - because it's just about inert (for the want of a better word) and only the most dangerous chemicals are able to "attack it" - like cyanide!

Gold also has the ability to stave off electrolytic corrosion between it and any other metal, so a tin-plated connector can be mated with a gold plated connector and no corrosion forms between.

However, gold isn't as conductive as silver or copper, and is soft so gets worn down easily. Therefore for military, medical and computer uses, they alloy gold with copper, and that makes it 1. more conductive, and 2. much harder.

And that gold just happens to be 9 carat, and not the 18-24 carat hi-fi customers think is best... (not)

Beryllium Copper. Silver, Gold & Rhodium are just so last season. 

Edited by DaveG - 12 Nov 2015 at 4:38pm

Hi I used to own a Reference powekord whilst good believe their performance can be bettered quite easily and to me they are or were well over priced. On a scale of 0-10 vs my current power leads I would score the above a 4 or 5? Furutech provide a much tighter plug fit whether iec or 13A three pin.

Richard