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Burn in power cord by boiling water??

A Hi-Fi dealer the other day told me that in order to burn in and smoothen out a new power cord, I should get my wife to use it on the kettle to boil water (Rather sexist remark, I know). The theory is that kettles draw a lot more current than hi-fi equipment. He further advised not to do it more than 3 times.

Just a bit worried that the wife might not want to return the power cord after she discovers that her coffee tastes a lot better by using it.

Any opinions on this?
lohkkw51e5
edle
235 posts
 
Use real "fire" instead of boiling water to burn-in the cord.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
I'd also suggest adding some salt, pepper, squash, potato quarters with or without shell, tomatoes squeezed or ready tomato sause, bruscelle cabage, beans, and when it's done add some optional parsley or dill, soy sause to brew nice audiophile-vegetable soup with powercord flavour.

Same could be easily done with speaker and interconnect wires.

Whatta tasty break-in isn't it?
roggiedog
16 posts
 
I tried it, it works excellent. I hooked the cable up to the gas line that goes to the stove and after putting out the fire, that PC works wonders. After rebuilding the house because of fire, I put in a dedicated 20 amp line in the new listening room. So I'm not so sure if it was the boiling water technique or the fire that really improved things.
creeper
251 posts
 
Funny stuff. Also, check out this recent 'gon thread:

Burning in of Power Cords
rosstaman
455 posts
 
What about using a hot tub?
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