Cable design.Bundle of same ga. or bundle of different ga.?

SET Man · « **on:** 1 Mar 2005, 12:55 am »

Hi all.

I have been looking to change my cable between my pre and amp. As a DIYer I can't help thinking of rolling them myself.

Anyway, there are many desings out there. My aim is to get final gauge of about 18-20ga. But I can't seem to choose between multi-strands of the same gauge (e.g. 31ga) Or multi-strands of different gauges (e.g. 33ga+31ga+29ga) Which do you think would be a make a good 2.5 meters run of cable?

Also, is there an easy way to calculate the final ga of multi-strands of different sizes?

Anyway, comment and help would be greatly apriciated.

Thanks
Buddy

JoshK · « **Reply #1 on:** 1 Mar 2005, 12:57 am »

I think you might want to check out VenHaus' free silver IC recipe. They are damn nice ICs.

SET Man · « **Reply #2 on:** 1 Mar 2005, 01:09 am »

Wow!

That was a fast respond.

Thanks Josh. I found the site. Silver, simple and cotton insulated! Very interesting. I will have to do some more investigating on this.

Thanks again Josh. Maybe I'll see you at the next rave.

Buddy

andyr · « **Reply #3 on:** 1 Mar 2005, 06:58 am »

Quote from: SET Man

Hi all. ... Also, is there an easy way to calculate the final ga of multi-strands of differen ...

Here's a very useful cable guage table. It gives you the mm^2 of each guage so you can simply add 'em up!

www.vandenhul.com/artpap/awg.htm

Regards,

Andy

SET Man · « **Reply #4 on:** 1 Mar 2005, 09:23 pm »

Hi Andy. That's perfect!

Just what I have been looking for. Seem to be easier than I thought

Thanks again for a very useful link.

Buddy