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Stranded vs Solid Copper

I am making a home made outlet box with Hospital grade receptacles. I am hard wiring into the existing outlet box that was poorly installed.(to far recessed) Does it matter if I use solid or stranded wire for the extension wire/cord in terms of its effect on sound? The length is 4’ to 5’
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Not sure how the sound is affected between solid and stranded but the best thing for HIGH current is stranded because of the skin effect of AC voltage (it actually travels on the outer layer of wire). 

This is I know from being an industrial electrician. 
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