Fred's "my wife thinks I'm crazy" 700B conversion

gadget73 said:
I'm more of a pessimist. I've lived inside my head for a lot of years. I always inspect things and test them twice before calling it good. I know I'm prone to missing things on occasion and making it a point to double check myself has saved me a lot of time and money over the years. Of course I learned to do that after wasting a lot of time and money.
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This one really cracked me up - too fcuking funny. It reminded me of me - but on occasion I skip the double check and... than the ah-shit happens.
 
Or not ask him and he'll tell you anyway. The FaboNav is right though. Once you use it you won't want to use anything else. Anytime you can solder #20 or #22 and there is absolutely no melt back that's a wonderful thing. It seems more malleable and doesn't break strands after a few bends . It's semi stiff so it stays where ya put it. I'd whine like a gut shot panther if I had to use anything else now.
 
She's hooked up to the 9Kappas. No question, these speakers make Suzy hot.
 
Ah yes...I can do that on my K's and they're not a difficult load...
 
Tomorrow I'll set up a fan for a little more vigorous testing.
 
Going to need a bigger fan and a dedicated power line.
 
NavLinear said:
I'll put something together this week and I'll post with pricing. If you haven't used this type of wire before I'll guarantee you won't go back to what you've used in the past. Ask Lee.
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I have pricing for the wire based on replacement costs plus a penny or two. It will take a bit of time to prepare the wire and I'll post with photos what you'll be getting for anyone interested.

All wire will be sold in packages of 10 colors at 10 feet each so the cost per gauge will be 100 times the cost per foot. The colors are black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, gray and white.

26 AWG - 0.13 per foot
24 AWG - 0.15 per foot
22 AWG - 0.17 per foot
20 AWG - 0.21 per foot
18 AWG - 0.32 per foot
16 AWG - 0.38 per foot

20 AWG Twisted Shielded Pair - 0.89 per foot

I'll have to verify my stash of 16 gauge wire as I may only have five or six colors but I'll post this as I put the packages together.

I also have single conductor shielded wire in 20, 22 and 24 gauge if anyone is interested.

I'll post this in the Trade Section - Forum Buy/Sell/Trade when the wire is prepared. I'm thinking by the end of next week I'll have most, if not all, of the wire ready.
 
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NavLinear said:
26 AWG - 0.13 per foot
24 AWG - 0.15 per foot
22 AWG - 0.17 per foot
20 AWG - 0.21 per foot
18 AWG - 0.32 per foot
16 AWG - 0.38 per foot

20 AWG Twisted Shielded Pair - 0.89 per foot
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Any thought of doing 14 AWG? Using that for the high current runs in the 700s used with my amp killer speakers.
 
FredR said:
Any thought of doing 14 AWG? Using that for the high current runs in the 700s used with my amp killer speakers.
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I'll look into that. Do you care about color for the 14 gauge? I do have some black 12 AWG.
 
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