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Burn in power cord by boiling water??

A Hi-Fi dealer the other day told me that in order to burn in and smoothen out a new power cord, I should get my wife to use it on the kettle to boil water (Rather sexist remark, I know). The theory is that kettles draw a lot more current than hi-fi equipment. He further advised not to do it more than 3 times.

Just a bit worried that the wife might not want to return the power cord after she discovers that her coffee tastes a lot better by using it.

Any opinions on this?
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
Cp..,
Nice idea but not for burn-in...
Actually if we freeze cables they will greatly improve conductance i.e. kind-a get close to super-conductance!
So if we take ordinary wires and build freezers arround them we actually can get away cheaper than mega-priced Nirvanas or Nordost indeed!
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
we were discussing this issue with Bob Crump, & decided that drawing more breakin current than will be used in the atucal application probably isn't going to have much of an advantageous effect.
I use one of Ernie's reverse cheater cords w\ the refrigerator as load & have found that works fine.
viggen
838 posts
 
My battery powered car gets its power via Powerburst power cord. Its like using higher octane gas: 5 more hp and 3 more mpg or kw... whichever.
kana813
956 posts
 
Audio PCs should never be used to boil water.

Great Music is always cool like a mountain stream.

Burning in a PCs is like a finding a good women, it takes time.

Don't waste energy making heat.

Just plug it in, play some music and let things happen.

jrde8a6
95 posts
 
pouring boiling water over all your audio components works like a charm.
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