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Some cautions about 9913

Belden's "9913" underwent a major design change a while back. The current production cable is quite different than the original design. It's still quite possible that some wire distributors might have some of the old style 9913 in stock.

You can tell the original cables by the air gap around the center conductor. To try and keep the "hot" wire centered in the middle of the air gap, they used a thin piece of dielectric that was spun around the wire in a gapped spiral. This cable was notorious for having drastic impedance bumps once bent and for collecting / holding moisture due to temperature / humidity changes. This is NOT something that you want when running AC line voltage / current levels through it.

As in any other project dealing with line voltage, BE VERY CAREFUL and take your time. Sean
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