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rewiring speaker cable for 37-640 - georgetownjohn - 05-15-2026

Hello Phorum members.  I had to start a new thread for this since my others for the 37-640 were closed.  I am replacing the speaker wires from the chassis to the speaker.  Can I use the new 22 gauge cloth covered stranded wire that I have?  Thanks, John

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RE: rewiring speaker cable for 37-640 - morzh - 05-15-2026

You can use just about any stranded wire; teh sole reason I would not use 26 is it is brittle and tears easily.

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RE: rewiring speaker cable for 37-640 - Arran - 05-15-2026

The last time I rewired a speaker cable I used 18 AWG because it has a 600 volt rating, and was easy to get by the roll, in multiple colours, otherwise I could have used 20 gauge. I would not go too thin as it may be fine electrically, but less so mechanically, a speaker cable, for an electrodynamic speaker, is something that should be able to flex without breaking internally.
Regards
Arran

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RE: rewiring speaker cable for 37-640 - morzh - 05-15-2026

In other words, a typical AWG22 rted 300V or 600V is just fine.

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RE: rewiring speaker cable for 37-640 - georgetownjohn - 05-16-2026

morzh, thanks for the reply. That's exacly what I will use.

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