Is there an actual ‘Iconoclast’ power cord or are they all just under the BAV name?
All BAV, at the moment.
Four formulas??? Way too easy. ![]()
Note that I put a question mark after the number. It may have been two. It was 32-some-odd years ago. It amused me that my peers in the physics-without-calc classes often were allowed a single notecard or a formula sheet for their exams. Plus I went to University of Miami, not necessarily the most rigorous physics school in the world. Not terrible, but not renowned. Although we boasted Ken Pohlmann of Sound and Vision on our EE faculty. I, however, was an ME because I like to see things that move.
You guys are triggering my problem solving PTSD/performance anxiety just writing about this stuff.
Sorry, Scotte. When I got my masters in Cost Analysis, we had to take a “remember all your advanced math” course in a summer session before the degree program started. I was fortunately only 3 years out of college, all of which had been spent in an engineering lab, so it was kind of a breeze for me, but we had some of these Captains that had been out of school going on 8 years+ that had done nothing but base-level accounting work since college that REALLY struggled. I get it - the struggle is real!
Don’t be mixin’ up the numbers and the letters. That’s all I am going to say about it. ![]()
So rather reinforced PVC nitrile than EPDM for RF absorption?
Reinforced NR/EPDM blend is fairly close.
@rower30
I assume there’s nothing besides these numbers that would make a dielectric especially suitable for RF absorption for the live conductor? I don’t see how. Just making sure.
When you said EPDM you were surely taking into consideration durability and costs above the “relatively small” aspect of RF mitigation? (A big aspect for an uncompromised DIY build of course)
@mp5310 Just dropping my 2 cents worth in, and obviously ampacity is one of the primary considerations, as is voltage drop. But as Galen has pointed out above and in other threads, there are a couple of other things to consider. For myself, knowing that shielding a power cable can help at RF, it really does nothing for you @ 60Hz. There is really very few places in your home that is as noisy as the equipment we use for audio and the area around it. EMI from close proximity to various transformers is one I consider and to tackle that since shielding won’t assist, and that is the cable’s geometry.
I always thought we don’t want to shield power cables as this attenuates dynamics.?.
@RonP I personally don’t use shielded cables, however, they are very popular from numerous companies selling them. I won’t use a power cable that isn’t UL approved for the intended use, and many sold by those aforementioned are not. I do have multiple transmitters in the RF space here in my home, but when in use, my audio equipment is not connected to AC.
Drive fast. Take chances.
@WATChad LOL… I drive fast enough. I home-brew my own cables. EPDM insulation, CPE exterior in star-quad geometry. It’s good cable. (and UL approved for this purpose) “A heafty hunk of steamin’ junk” is I think how JT sang it…


