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11-24-12, 02:39 PM

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Bill Kapaun

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One potential downside is the "heat treatment" effect.
This can be a problem if the heat affected zone is in a part of the cable that bends/flexes. It'll fatigue and break.
Ran into that problem with MC cables back in the day.

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