Originally Posted by |SilentDeath|
It would be much MUCH better if psu's were simply to use thicker wires where they are needed. Copper costs money though. Using double the cable thihckness instead of double the cables would be nicer imho.
Considering 2 meters of 15mm copper pipe costs £2.50, Im very annoyed I cant find any copper wire in single core form, of any resonable thickness capable of 20A atleast.
Consider fixed mains cable (the white stuff with thick impossible to cut insulation) is rated for 13A iirc. the diameter of this is 1.325mm according to my vernier, why should it cost so much. All I can find is oxygen free copper (uber expensive) loudspeaker cable. Which itsself is pointless. make it thicker and keep the low percentage of oxygen than normal wire has and you will get a better signal, and it will be cheaper.
[note: I was intending to rewire my psu compleatly with ~1.3mm solid core copper condcutors mostly for neatness resons and to reduce resistance from cables. Solid core keeps its shape, stranded is like a spring.]