drain wire


Does anyone build their own power cables? I've been using furutech fps 55 n (10 awg) and 032 with furutech f1 50 male connector and IEC, this is a shielded cable so I unbraid the copper shield and twist it together and connect to the earth ground with ground conductor inside the plug to act as a drain wire, is it best to connect to male end or IEC for analog equipment   
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Showing 1 response by mitch2

That is a really nice bulk cable and nice plugs that should result in good sounding power cords for you. 

Most connect the shield to the source (i.e., male plug) end only.  Since the shield is already part of your bulk cable, I would connect it (to the plug end). Some people believe shields may reduce dynamics (I have not heard this with my cords) and choose not to include or connect a shield.  I would only consider unshielded cords for high current applications, such as power amplifiers.   I would always suggest shielding cords used for digital and/or front end equipment.    Furutech FP alpha 3 power cable is the only manufactured cable I have come across that doesn't have a shield, but there are probably more.