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<blockquote data-quote="NE14MX" data-source="post: 4026751" data-attributes="member: 558225"><p>I have their power cable in my car and it has worked fine but it doesn&#039;t hold up that well. In the engine compartment of my mazda3, the blue 4 ga power cable has faded considerably......that&#039;s no big deal really even if it is ugly but what concerns me is that the blue jacket material has begun to crack in places and turn brittle. It&#039;s starting to worry me that the jacket is going to disentigrate to the point that it provides not enough insulation. There are significant cracks in the jacket in places. It&#039;s been in my car for about 1.5 years. It&#039;s obvious that it doesn&#039;t hold up to heat very well. The rest of the cable inside the car is fine and looks and performs like new. Now I don&#039;t know if all power cable is damaged by engine compartment heat this way, maybe it is but I don&#039;t know so it may not be specific to knu cable. I do know I expected more than 2 years life from my power cable, regardless of brand.&nbsp; After 1.5 years, it&#039;s ugly and cracked bad enough to where I think I will have to replace it this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="NE14MX, post: 4026751, member: 558225"] I have their power cable in my car and it has worked fine but it doesn't hold up that well. In the engine compartment of my mazda3, the blue 4 ga power cable has faded considerably......that's no big deal really even if it is ugly but what concerns me is that the blue jacket material has begun to crack in places and turn brittle. It's starting to worry me that the jacket is going to disentigrate to the point that it provides not enough insulation. There are significant cracks in the jacket in places. It's been in my car for about 1.5 years. It's obvious that it doesn't hold up to heat very well. The rest of the cable inside the car is fine and looks and performs like new. Now I don't know if all power cable is damaged by engine compartment heat this way, maybe it is but I don't know so it may not be specific to knu cable. I do know I expected more than 2 years life from my power cable, regardless of brand. After 1.5 years, it's ugly and cracked bad enough to where I think I will have to replace it this year. [/QUOTE]

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