PowerFlux NCF Furutech: High Performance Power Cable

The Powerflux NCF Power Cable with FI-50 NCF Series Power Connectors may be the most sophisticated power cable with connectors in the world.

Equipped with Furutech's top-of-the-line, high-performance FI-50 NCF connectors:

Furutech Pure Transmission FI-50 NCF(R) IEC and FI-50M NCF(R) / FI-E50 NCF(R) Series Connector

Bodies and shells feature non-magnetic multi-layer stainless steel and a fiber shell carbon that incorporates a special insulating and damping acetal copolymer. The body of the connectors combines two “active” materials: nano-sized ceramic particles and powdered carbon. Nylon and fiberglass are also incorporated to form an extremely effective, well-damped, mechanically and electrically non-resonant connector body.

The FI-50 NCF(R) IEC and FI-50M NCF(R)/FI-E50 NCF(R) series connectors feature pure copper ∝ (Alpha) conductors.

Ground/Earth Jumper System (US Patent No: 6,669,491/European Patent No: EP1445837)

Patent-pending metal cable clamp improves grip and reduces mechanically and electrically induced distortion, plus specially designed patent-pending pressure plate

The cable features an α (alpha) conductor shield to protect against radiated noise.

RoHS compliant flexible PVC jacket improves vibration isolation

Special high-quality PE insulation helps reduce capacitance.

Formula GC-303 EMI absorbing modules with a silver carbon fiber finish surround the cable.

Neo-damper: Highly effective vibration damping material incorporated into the cable structure.

Carefully designed cable clamp improves grip and reduces mechanically and electrically induced distortion

Enthusiasts know that everything in the signal path makes a difference and what they see and hear is, very directly, the AC power itself. The radical way in which Furutech goes about designing and thoroughly refining its products is a tour de force of detail and design work.

Characteristic:

NCF Piezoelectric Ceramic Series Connectors First at Furutech!

Furutech's Pure Transmission FI-50 NCF Piezo Ceramic series connector bodies and housings feature several innovative construction techniques.

A multi-layer non-magnetic stainless steel and silver-plated carbon fiber housing incorporates a special insulating and damping acetal copolymer. Furutech settled on stainless and silver carbon fiber for the outer shell after extensive listening sessions with Japanese industry figures and audiophiles.

The body of the connectors incorporates an “active” damping material: Nano Crystal² Formula - Nano Crystalline, Piezo Ceramic and Carbon Powder

Nano Crystal² Formula: NCF powder is a special crystalline material that has two "active" properties. Firstly, it generates negative ions that eliminate static, and secondly, it converts thermal energy into far-infrared, making it the ultimate electrical and mechanical damping material.

The Nano Crystal² Formula eliminates static, "interconverts" thermal, mechanical, and electrical energy, and dampens vibrations, all for the finest Furutech Pure Transmission signal imaginable.

Floating Magnetic Field Effects

Furutech's ground/earth bridge system

How far will Furutech's engineers go in their attempts to achieve Pure Transmission's benchmark quality? His concentrated examination of each and every element of signal transfer has resulted in another groundbreaking technology, the Furutech Earth/Ground Jumper System. Eliminates EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) induced on metal parts such as connector housing screws.

The current flowing through the power connector creates a magnetic field, just as an isolated conductor creates electromagnetic and electrostatic fields. Furutech engineers discovered that this magnetic field induces current flow (and a small magnetic field) in the screws holding the connector! These magnetic fields interfere with the larger magnetic field around the conductor and connector.

Furutech's total attention to detail and elegant engineering solve the problem neatly. The ground/earth jumper system connects the safety screws to a ground terminal inside the plug, completely eliminating the field disturbances they cause. Stray fields are connected to ground by a series of interlocking pieces within the connector that are attached to the ground conductor. The jumper system is available in IEC and NEMA power connectors from Furutech.

The Earth/Ground Jumper system has US Patent No. 6,669,491 / European Patent No. EP1445837.

CONNECTOR TYPE: 2 poles + earth

CLASSIFICATION:15A 125VAC 10A 

/250VAC

DRIVERS: 68-strand α (alpha) OCC conductor

NUMBER OF DRIVERS: 0.127mm x 7 x 3 cores, 2.8mm diameter

INNER COVER: RoHS compliant flexible PVC incorporating carbon powder

ARMOR: 0.12mm diameter α (alpha) conductor wire braid

DECK: Nylon thread

braid Total diameter approx. 17.5mm

CONDUCTOR RESISTANCE: 4.5Ω／km

INSULATION RESISTANCE: 2500MΩ/km

AC DIELECTRIC STRENGTH: 3000V／1min.

LENGTH: 1.8 meters