New Industry Products

TRIBUTARIES® Cable Introduces High Current-Capable Power Cables

September 11, 2006 by Jeff Shepard

TRIBUTARIES® Cable has introduced a series of high-end quality ac power cords. The new Silver Series AC Power Cables combine the very high current carrying capability required in a performance design with efficient shielding that provides top-notch protection from virtually all external noise sources.

Clean power is essential if today's digital-intensive audio and video signal paths are to deliver their highest-resolution sonics and imaging – and achieving clean power means starting with a noise-immune connection to the ac supply. To this end, Tributaries® Silver Series AC Power Cables incorporate an aluminum/Mylar® shielding wrap as well as a 95% braided shield of ultra-low-resistance, oxygen-free high-conductivity (OFHC) copper, providing virtually total rejection of both high frequency RFI and lower-frequency EMI noise sources. Inside these barriers, three stranded 10-gauge (AWG) twisted conductors of OFHC copper deliver tremendous current-carrying potential, even over longer cable lengths.

The Silver Series cable-shield assemblies are housed in a flexible, rugged, UL®-listed PVC jacketing, with an attractive finishing cover of black-and-gold-striped woven nylon (this may be removed for applications that specify full UL compliance). Finishing the Tributaries® cables are a hospital-grade, UL-listed gold-plated 3-prong male plug and a gold-plated UL-listed three-connector IEC-standard female; both terminators are molded-in for top-level strength and strain-relief.

Tributaries®' Silver Series AC Power Cables are available immediately, in a range of lengths, at the following manufacturer's suggested prices: 1.5 ft ($105); 3 ft ($120); 6 ft ($150); 9 ft ($180); and 12 ft ($210).