Mains Cable

Shielded, 3 core, 20 Amp (2.5 square mm each) mains cable to make up TNT Merlino mains cable.

5.6 meters. £10 plus postage at cost.

Easy to make. Simply cut to length, clamp a ferrite or two at the ends and fit plugs.
See the article at http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/merlino.html

 

I would like to buy this at the asking price. Could you let me know some payment details. Cheers
Bunty

 

Bunty,
Check your PM

 

cable

If he doesn't have it.
I will.
Regards

 

Just so you know I am arranging payment via pm as we speak,

cheers
Bunty

ps what makes you think Bunty is a "he"

 

:lol:

Because surely "she" wouldn't be interested in mains cable!

I am man! I make fire......... and mains cable!

UGH UGH UGH!!!

Welcome to the forum

 

Watch out guys!

There is MOnkey about
:MO!:

 

The bare mains cable is gone.
But I will have two ready made mains cables for sale in a couple of weeks.
They are made using the following components and have had natural burn-ins for over 400 hours.
Message me.


10 Amp IEC Socket. Straight one on the right. RS Stock No. 488-208
http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/largeimages/C488208-03.jpg



Ferrites
9x28 mm for 8.6 mm o/d grey cable RS Part no. 260-6773
or
Maplin N92AB 6.05 mm i/d x 29.1 mm
Maplin N90AB 13.37 mm i/d x 29.3 mm (for looping through the 3 inner cables)



Aluminium Tape. Maplin KW30
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/4098i0.jpg



One Wrap PTFE Tape. RS Stock No. 314-9372
http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/largeimages/C314937-01.jpg



Heatshrink Maplin F-130

 

I have two of these fully built and ready to use for sale, using materials shown above.

One for amps with large ferrite for amps and another one with small ferrites for CDP/sources. They are both burnt in naturally for over 400 hours.

Message me.

 

BlueMax - did you use the CY or the SY cable that RS sell?

Pictures below:
SY:


CY:


Just asking because your picture (and the pic used in the TNT site) is a pic of the SY cable but they say you should use the CY one.

The CY one has a tinned copper sheilding braid surrounding the 3 conductors and then a PVC sheath whereas the SY cable has a PVC sheath and then a steel braid, and then a clear PVC sheath. I would imagine that the steel braid of the SY wouldn't be as effective as a sheild compared to the copper braid of the CY.

Also, noticed that RS only sells the cable in 50m lengths . You don't still have some shorter lengths available do you?

Michael.

 

Michael
Looks as if TNT made a mixup there.
RS sells them only in 50 meters as you say. But I was lucky to find a forum member who shared the reel with me.

 

BM - what price are you asking for the made up cables?

I would be particularly interested in a TNT Snake (plaited cable) if you fancy burning the midnight oil.
Cheers
Gref

 

Greg..
I haven't tried it but three Merlino cables will be far too large to plait together.

TNT TripleT use 2-core cables with much smaller O/D such as the Pirelli Screenflex S2. But this cable is no longer available from what I have heard.

 

Yep I tried tracking down the Pirelli S2 - no Pirelli resellers had even heard of it. They kept trying to sell me a set of four P1's whatever they were?

 

Set of four Pirelli P1s?
Since they did not have the cable you want, they tried to sell you a set of tyres?!

 

Tyres! I thought 500 squids was a bit steep for cable.

 

Porche GT3 owners will pay 13k for a set of front PCCB discs!

 

If you guys want to use it as speaker cable, its quite passable at that 2, it's what I used to make that £20 3m bi-wire set I used at Cookiemonsters bake off last year, no nasties, just full and rounded bass, for the cash make a fair stab at being a speaker cable. Wm

 

Porche GT3 owners can pay as much as they like but they wont stop or accelerate as I can on my CBR900RR

 

I got this email from Zerogain.

Hello BlueMax,

Wingnut has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Mains Cable - in the Buy & Sell forum of ZeroGain.

This thread is located at:
https://www.audio-forums.com/as-rediect/showthread.php?t=3660&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
Bluemax, TNT recommend that the cable shield is connected to the earth pin of the plug. Try as I might, I can't get the earth cable and the shield into the the hole in the earth pin. Any tips?
***************
But no sign of post by 'wingnut'
Anyway, the answer is:
You are right, it is impossible to fit the the earth core and the screening into the hole. Most of the screening need to be trimmed off. Just a few strands is all that is required to provide a drain. Make sure to insulate these strands to prevent them making contact with live or neutral.