Benefit of shortening a power cord?

BaggedLancer
BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
edited December 2007 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
Curious, my new power conditioner arrives today and it comes with a 10 foot cord attached to it. However, the outlet I am going to be using is maximum 2 feet from where the power conditioner is going. Is there any benefit to me cutting the cord and shortening it? or should I just leave it alone, wind it up, zip tie it and put it on the floor? I wouldn't shorten it to 2 feet, maybe 4 feet(cutting 6 feet off the end).

What do you guys think? Anyone actually done this?
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2007
    My Belkin PF60's come with a HUGE very nice long power cord like you mention....its terminated with an angled /gold plated/extremely heavy duty plug...if yours is like that I would leave it...if its a standard molded ac plug then sure I would throw a high quality plug at the length that best suits you.
    That longer cord may come in handy one day in the future though....
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    Yea, I ordered a Belkin as well, so I assume it's going to be the same termination. I was just wondering if there is any benefit to shortening the cord, sound wise.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Yea, I ordered a Belkin as well, so I assume it's going to be the same termination. I was just wondering if there is any benefit to shortening the cord, sound wise.


    Pull your wall plate off and look at the crappy connections...now follow the miles of wire from there....wont gain a thing..it is a MASSIVE cord..reply here when you get it :) .

    Your Belkin will come with an awesome plug...you will like it...angled too. Dont coil it up near the audio cables...just lay it over itself against the wall in 3 or 4 foot lengths and tie it like that.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2007
    Just walked over to one of mine...even bigger then I thought...printed right on the cord is 12AWGx3C ....all 3 conductors are 12 guage :eek:
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Is there any benefit to me cutting the cord and shortening it?
    No benefit in shortening it,but I would recommend changing the the duplex wall outlet to one of the Hubbell hospital grade ones.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    Zero.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    Shorter or longer (or the length it is currently) could tune it to pick up RF interference. Best to not wrap the extra in a coil as it could transmit or receive interference.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    You've been drinking too much kool-aid.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Zero.

    That's the answer I was hoping for.

    Unfortunately it looks like I won't get to try the cord short or long since UPS lost my package. :(
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    That's the answer I was hoping for.

    Unfortunately it looks like I won't get to try the cord short or long since UPS lost my package. :(

    Not good at this time of year.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited December 2007
    I've done this. I cut the cord on a Monster PowerCenter once and added a better plug. Not sure if it made an audible difference (I doubt it), but the shorter cord was much better for wire management purposes.
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