Appreciate the teardown! Does the cable have 4 separate conductors out of which 2 are tinned [the ones with the white insulation?]? How were these 4 terminated at the plug end?
Keith
The reason it seems two cores are used is because the tinned copper cable is only 0.75 sq mm - it would need to be doubled up to carry a higher amount of current
The two runs are simply running parrallel and taped by electrical tape
The braid fundamental does not apply in power cables if that is what you are thinking
Two runs are simply used because thicker gauge tinned cabke is unavavibe
(I too could find the same gauge in market not thicker )
P.s since you like tear downs
Here are some tear down pics
Of another power cable
This one is from a Mr Ali in mumbai
This is a professional higher end dedicated power cable with shield
Dual shield
Aluminium foil plus copper tinned braid
Each core is 2.5mm sq
Of occ copper
The cable is from a manufacturer - jinwei based in Taiwan ( who claims to be OEM to the real biggies in the cable game)
I think the model number is there in the pic
The raw cable is inthink 14$ per metre
Considering you can get this cable from ALI for 2000 rs odd
And 2300 rs if you opt for a 6$ hubbel copper IEC
This cable seems to offer far more "Value " than any cable