At 10:10 -0800 25/1/07, x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: >From: "Craig A. Finseth" <fin at finseth.com> > > As to speaker cables, I meant cables used for speakers in modern kit > > with 'HiFi' on the box rather than proper cables made for speakers. I > > looked at systems in an electrical goods chain store recently and I'd > > rate the cable they used at no more than an amp. The twist tie > > bundling it up was thicker (well, almost). >If you're referring to the type of cord that is used to, for example, >make extension or lamp cords, you'd be surprised at what it can carry. >Craig If only they used that big. Perhaps you should visit a shop that sells domestic (not audiophile) 'HiFis' and look. David - into electricity since 1957, aged 10, then Electrical Engineering at University, stage lighting and sound (professionally), computing since '69, Unix since '83, Mac since '85. -- David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK. Chair of HPUX SysAdmin SIG of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk) david.ledger at ivdcs.co.uk www.ivdcs.co.uk