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| 1211.1 | | JAMIN::WASSER | John A. Wasser | Wed Mar 19 1997 13:17 | 6 |
| > speaker cables for rear speakers in an AV system?
> I have to run them under a carpet
If you can run the cables around the edge of wall-to-wall
carpeting, normal cables would probably sit well next to the
tack strips.
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| 1211.2 | | SMURF::SWARD | Common sense is not that common | Wed Mar 19 1997 16:34 | 6 |
| Re .-1
I plan to do that on one side. The problem is that the room is L shaped
in I have to cross the long part.
/Peter
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| 1211.3 | fire hazard? | ENQUE::PARODI | John H. Parodi DTN 381-1640 | Fri Mar 21 1997 10:26 | 9 |
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I've been told that running speaker wires under a rug is a fire hazard.
I found that surprising, given the low power, but there you have it.
The reason given was that it doesn't take much power to cause a spark,
once the insulation has been worn through by foot traffic.
Can anyone confirm or deny?
JP
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| 1211.4 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Fri Mar 21 1997 12:41 | 5 |
| I can't see this - unless you have the wires hooked up to a Krell. There
are flat wires made for this purpose - I wouldn't use a normal "round" insulated
wire.
Steve
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| 1211.5 | looks like a duck,... | HYDRA::SCHAFER | Mark Schafer, SPE MRO | Tue Mar 25 1997 10:10 | 5 |
| I'd guess that this is a legend, partly due to the common practice of
using zip cord for speaker wire. People DO run AC extension cords
under rugs and that is a fire hazard.
Mark
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| 1211.6 | | EPS::VANDENHEUVEL | Hein | Fri Mar 28 1997 14:28 | 23 |
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I run zip-cord style speaker wire under my carpet for rear & bedroom
speakers. I rolled it out carefully and tacked them down flat,
a few right next to one another.
The carpet installer said it would never show under the padding,
the wire being only about � of the padding thickness.
It did not show... for the first two years. Now, after almost 6 years
it shows rather clearly (for me). I would not do it again.
If I 'had' to do it again, then I'd either spread them out a little,
perhaps spacing the individual cables an inch or so, or cut the padding,
or cut a very shallow cable gutter in the plywood base with a router
or such.
The flat cable Peter refers to may well solve this problem by having
a little less insulation and/or indeed flatter, untwisted copper.
Also, not having the cable, nor the wires in teh cable twisted bothers me.
fwiw,
Hein.
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| 1211.7 | End of the story | SMURF::SWARD | Common sense is not that common | Fri Mar 28 1997 15:20 | 14 |
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Well,
The end to the story is 16 gauge Radio Shack white speaker wire and
with the help of am electricians snake they are now happily running
under the carpet. As for them showing up later I'm not really worried
about that since this is a very low traffic area.
Much to my surprise, while looking for something else, Home Depo is
selling a variety of Monster speaker wire. The flat one was 49�/foot.
Going for 7 speakers...
/Peter
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