Safe to Cryo Assembled Power Cable?


Is it safe to send in fully assembled power cables for cryo?  The cryo instructions from NitroFreeze (who just did a great job with a bunch of my stuff) say no torqued assemblies.  I would think that the power cable connectors qualify as torqued assemblies since the leads are held in the connectors at both ends by screwed terminals.  Any thoughts?  Thanks in advance.  I'm going cryo-crazy!  Love this stuff!  But I don't wanna jack up my cables and I don't have the onions to cut off shrink tubing and disassemble the cable myself.
tomask6

I can't imagine your cables having a torque value that would be an issues here (if at all). I'm thinking this requirement is for fitted machined components that are actually torqued to spec or fit. As cooling will contract the items and increase the potential torque values or potentially having two type of materials that contract at differently rates and could damage critically torqued assemblies.

 cables are just not a critically torqued assembly. Loosen the connector sleeves if your worried about it as that's the only fitted area I think could be a concern (probably not as most are hand tight at best).

I can not say what the cyro process with do to the insolation on the cables though that's a question I would have. think cracking and shrinking issues.

I'm just going on the experience I've had in the mechanical fields (I'm an Electro-Mechanical, Hydraulic-pneumatic technologist in the Canadian Navy, specializing in Submarine service).

Folks cryo cables of all types and power cords of all types all the time. Check with your cryo lab with any questions as they have the experience with almost every audio thing you can think of. My guy has been cryoing audio stuff for at least 20 years.
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