[Milsurplus] OT: Monster Cable - non audiophile use (was Re: serious tube)

[Scott Johnson]

OFHC= oxygen free, high conductivity (this means both thermal and 
electrical)  This stuff is widely used in laboratory equipment , 
especially kelvin measurement apparatus and cryogenic equipment.  It can 
be far superior to plain old copper, copper varies widely in its 
characteristics when even miniscule amount of impurities are present.  
Experiment:
Take 100feet  small gauge chinese wire , as cheap a you can find (buy it 
at Fry's ;), measure the resistance with a good multimeter, do the same 
with a like length, strand count and gauge of high quality (Belden, 
Times, etc.) wire.  I think you will find a significant difference.

Scott


Frank wrote:
> Tom Norris wrote:
>> Monster Cable apparently has non-audiophile cable, or at least it's 
>> large cable lends itself well to high current uses.  At our PMEL a 
>> few years ago we were issued a new high current transconductance amp 
>> (device to calibrate high current devices).  The large test cables 
>> were -- 4-0 Monster Cable.  Good stuff, braided, almost as flexible 
>> as meter test leads.  I don't remember if it was oxygen free. LOL
> Don't knock oxygen free copper.  I am not sure what it does for 
> electrons, but it IS a superior heat sink. Superior to ordinary copper 
> of the same volume and geometry.
>
> Regards,
> Frank Kamp
>