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Corroded speaker wire?
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OP | Post 16 made on Monday July 24, 2006 at 17:42
Daniel Tonks
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Found a place with some nice 12 gauge in-wall speaker wire (white with a round jacket)... should do the job.
Post 17 made on Monday July 24, 2006 at 21:16
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Daniel, you do not need to use 12G wire for a total of 80' in length. 16G will run 75' with no resistance added. Use a very good wire either in a 16 or 14 G. I myslef would use Wireworld terra series, very very good wire and is reasonable in price. This stuff outperforms any 12G I have listened to from monster, Liberty, and Ultralink.
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Post 18 made on Monday July 24, 2006 at 21:43
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Did someone say flat earth society just a few posts back? I think it was misdirected.

Yeti, forgetting the ridiculous claim that the Audio Quest 16 AWG outperforms 12 AWG, which is undoubtedly NOT based on a double blind test, your comment that 16 AWG will "add no resistance at 75" is INCORRECT. As it would of course also be regardless of whether we were talking about 16 AWG or 14 AWG or 12 AWG.

Last edited by QQQ on July 24, 2006 22:08.
Post 19 made on Tuesday July 25, 2006 at 00:41
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Sorry, what I meant is the larger gauge at that distance will not make an audible difference from a the same manufacturer. Also, I did not say Audioquest, I mentioned Wireworld would be better.
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Post 20 made on Thursday August 16, 2018 at 21:17
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Bringing this back up. Needed to work on my boat trailer lights and wanted to solder all connections. Dipped all of the black wire ends in muratic acid(pool strength). When wire was clean I neutralized the end in water for a minute. Wiped it dry then soldered my connections. Worked like a champ for this application.
Post 21 made on Friday August 17, 2018 at 11:38
Ernie Gilman
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How do you know the acid has been neutralized, instead of just weakened but still mighty acidic? Throw a solution of baking soda and water on there, too, but you should have done that before you soldered it. (And there's still a chance some acid has wicked up under the insulation.)
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Post 22 made on Friday August 17, 2018 at 16:25
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I don't and not really concerned. I tasted it first! No sting! The lights and supplied oem plugs on the back are not perfect either. Typical Chinese built American design junk requires twice a year service at a minimum. Saltwater will find its way in.
Post 23 made on Friday August 17, 2018 at 17:09
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This was timely lol! I Have got todo the exact same thing this weekend on my Jetski trailer. I use salt away after every use so it cut down on a lot of the corrosion and deteriorization. But it finally happened. I ordered some amazon led lights that I need to solder up!
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Post 24 made on Monday August 20, 2018 at 04:40
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On August 17, 2018 at 11:38, Ernie Gilman said...
How do you know the acid has been neutralized, instead of just weakened but still mighty acidic? Throw a solution of baking soda and water on there, too, but you should have done that before you soldered it. (And there's still a chance some acid has wicked up under the insulation.)

I’m concerned about this too.
Post 25 made on Monday August 20, 2018 at 11:35
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No cause for alarm. Then soak it in the baking soda solution as suggested. We are talking speaker wire/stranded boat trailer wire. It's not going to last forever. But it gets it back on the road when you don't have another harness. If it fails I will do it again cutting it back a few more inches.
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