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14 gauge speaker wire
Recently bought 100 feet of 14 gauge speaker wire.
It says on the role, not designed for in-wall installations . Why not, it's only speaker current? OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? |
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:52:38 -0500, micky
wrote: Recently bought 100 feet of 14 gauge speaker wire. It says on the role, not designed for in-wall installations . Why not, it's only speaker current? OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? It has to do with the fire rating of the insulation. In a wall, wire has to be "riser" rated. Will it burn your house down? No but the smoke will be worse if you have a fire and the wire will contribute to the spread of the fire. It may really just be lamp cord but if it is not marked "300v" it is not legal lamp cord. That is not unusual tho. Most offshore stuff that does not carry the U/L label will be that way. |
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:52:38 -0500, micky
wrote: Recently bought 100 feet of 14 gauge speaker wire. It says on the role, not designed for in-wall installations . Why not, it's only speaker current? OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? Because it's cheap-assed speaker wire, not designed for or approved for power use. You get more dangerous every day, Micky. The damned stuff is a fire hazzard. Safe for audio use - but that's all. |
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:51:32 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote: In article , says... OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? Because it's cheap-assed speaker wire, not designed for or approved for power use. You get more dangerous every day, Micky. The damned stuff is a fire hazzard. Safe for audio use - but that's all. Some of the speaker wire (maybe even low voltage wire for cars) seems to be comming in that is actually copper coated aluminum. Or chinese mystery metal. The big joke is the "oxygen free" speeker wire that Yuppies pay 5 or more times as much for as you pay for lamp cord. |
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Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:51:32 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? Because it's cheap-assed speaker wire, not designed for or approved for power use. You get more dangerous every day, Micky. The damned stuff is a fire hazzard. Safe for audio use - but that's all. Some of the speaker wire (maybe even low voltage wire for cars) seems to be comming in that is actually copper coated aluminum. Or chinese mystery metal. The big joke is the "oxygen free" speeker wire that Yuppies pay 5 or more times as much for as you pay for lamp cord. All flexible copper is low oxygen. Greg |
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Clare Snyder posted for all of us...
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:52:38 -0500, micky wrote: Recently bought 100 feet of 14 gauge speaker wire. It says on the role, not designed for in-wall installations . Why not, it's only speaker current? OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? Because it's cheap-assed speaker wire, not designed for or approved for power use. You get more dangerous every day, Micky. The damned stuff is a fire hazzard. Safe for audio use - but that's all. I thought he asked this several weeks ago... -- Tekkie |
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micky wrote:
Recently bought 100 feet of 14 gauge speaker wire. It says on the role, not designed for in-wall installations . Why not, it's only speaker current? OTOH, it's 14 gauge. Could I use it for a lamp cord? The insulation is clear and a little stiffer, but it seems a lot like electrical wire. What reason is there that it can't be used for electric radios, lamps, etc? I think it's mostly about it looks and possibly insulation type. Greg |
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