Motorola 12T2 Restoration Restart

[Winky Dink]

I redid almost everything I had finished four years ago. Basically I tested and confirmed values of components and made everything cleaner and neater. I did find a couple of cold solder joints, one cap of wrong value, and replaced several more of the original resistors. It took several days just to redo the electrolytics, replacing three separate bundles of capacitors with this setup, which fits nicely where the selenium rectifiers used to be:



One of the things I hadn’t noticed previously is the need to replace three shielded cables. Since I started this project, the insulation of the conductor has crumbled to dust. The photos below show the condition of the cable five years ago--and the condition today below that.

The gray-insulated copper cable in the lower photo is what I hope to use. I don’t know what gauge the conductor is, but it is seven-stranded copper like the original. Can you see any problem with using this shielded audio/video cable to replace the original?