PL MK3 max length ?

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Has B&O written what max length on one PowerLink MK III cable must be. ?

Anyone?

Steve - SoundsHeavenly, perhaps?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

B&O's Network Link Passive Infrastructure Manual dated 2012 states that 'the maximum total length of Power Link cable today is 100m/325ft in a system.'

Can't see any reference to type of PL cable or max length of a single run.  

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10 meter

MCB wrote:

10 meter

Where's that from?

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From the beolink handbook v1.9

MCB wrote:

From the beolink handbook v1.9

Thanks.  Strange then that B&O sell 20m terminated leads!

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MCB wrote:

10 meter

Good gosch - I don't hope that those who I helped install 20 meter will come back on me ;-(

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Guy wrote:

B&O's Network Link Passive Infrastructure Manual dated 2012 states that 'the maximum total length of Power Link cable today is 100m/325ft in a system.'

Can't see any reference to type of PL cable or max length of a single run.  

A 100 meters is in the chart from the BeoLink Handbook version 1.9, that I mailed to Peter Pan....

....but he still don't seem to be convinced.

(Click that pic)

MM

 

 

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

From page 101

The Ø 2.5 mm / 0.1” cable (with 4 wires, of which 1 pair is foiled) and marked

with indicating MKIII.

Used with BeoLab 2, BeoLab 3, BeoLab 4, BeoLab 7 series, BeoLab 9,

BeoLab 10, BeoLab 11, BeoLab 12, BeoLab 14, BeoLab 17, BeoLab 18,

BeoLab 19, BeoLab 20, BeoLab 4000 MK II, BeoLab 6002, BeoLab 8002 (i.e.

loudspeakers that are not power supplied using switch mode technology).

Note: cables should not be used in lengths exceeding 10 m / 3 ft due to

sensitivity to noise.

 

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