Jim Brown is on the National Electrical Code Committee, so he knows what he is saying and I would trust his opinion 100%!
I guess my thought on any remote wiring is, if your really going to go through all the effort to do the project, then do it with materials, that you know when you purchase them are going to work for the duration of the installation, and provide you a reliable and safe installation. Cost should not be your only consideration. I have never seen any detailed specifications on speaker wire, when I have bought it to wire up my audio system. However, I knew that I was using it to wire up speakers, and the speakers were not a long distance from the amplifier. If the remote run is long, voltage drop in the cable is very critical. You also should consider protecting the wiring, so you may need to think of using conduit or some type of protected raceway as having wires carrying 60V in the open is also not a good idea. I think that considering diesel locomotive wire or similar flexible cable would be a good solution. It all depends on how far away the remote supply is located from the main amplifier and where it is being routed to the final destination. Unfortunately, I have seen people try to use speaker wire or lamp cord to do provide power in crazy ways. One guy I remember years ago was a recent immigrant from Eastern Europe with no electrical knowledge although he was an engineer. He wired his entire basement with speaker wire. Of course, I politely told him that was not a good idea, and that it was against the local and National Electrical Code to install. His initial response was that he thought is was a lot easier to install than the solid wire cable called Romex. Bill, K8ZCT -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
