VFD cable article

[Doddy]

Full disclosure: I'm a cynical old git.

The article is... interesting a bit like some of the theory thrown about in the audio rags (at least back when I was a lad) - for me they moved the island (reference to when I stopped watching the TV series "Lost", akin to the "Jump the shark" on Happy Days) when promoting gold-plated mains sockets/plugs/wiring and wrapping paper-clips around the power pins of unused equipment.

Belden's claims of electrocution and 250% increase in spindle life need a little qualification - much depends on the quality of the original installation.

Anyhoo... perhaps I'll acknowledge that VFD cabling is a way to ensure that the cable is correctly rated to what is a fairly dirty electrical environment (the backside of a VFD), but I'm reasonably confident that my existing CY cable will outlive my interests. The same goes for every connector in the circuit and the termination with the VFD and spindle.

YMMV.

EDIT:

Dammit, Kit, stop replying just before I do whilst making the same point more clearly and succinctly.