Time for another giant Mouser order and in the process I thought I'd fix all of my Atari power cords that have the ground lug broken off. Which is like all of them. 
That's currently 7 cords. In the process I thought I'd look up how much it costs to build my own and upgrade to 10' cords from the standard Atari 8' cords. Since my "gameroom" is more like a operator warehouse than actual livable space it's hard to know for sure if paying up for longer cords is worth the cost (which isn't much). I know that in my current configuration the longer cords would be really nice to have but long term if I ever get my basement fixed up I wonder if it's nice to have or not?
Looking through mouser I've found that the following Kobiconn cords to be a suitable replacement. The important dimension was the cable thickness which appears to be 0.3125" (5/16") for Atari games. The Kobiconn cords were the only pigtail cords on Mouser I could find with jacket diameter specs, none of the other 18/3 mfgs had that listed.
Kobiconn 173-73103-E 18/3 10' - $9.54 vs
Kobiconn 173-73102-E 18/3 8' - $6.83
The 03-09-1032 molex part was only 0.29 each (unless you reuse the old) and then you have the 0.093 pins.
The cost of the 8' isn't much of a savings on the $8 part from say arcadeshop.com. So it's only really a question of is the extra power cord length worth it. So, what's the consensus from everyone, upgrade to 10' power cords from 8' or not?
That's currently 7 cords. In the process I thought I'd look up how much it costs to build my own and upgrade to 10' cords from the standard Atari 8' cords. Since my "gameroom" is more like a operator warehouse than actual livable space it's hard to know for sure if paying up for longer cords is worth the cost (which isn't much). I know that in my current configuration the longer cords would be really nice to have but long term if I ever get my basement fixed up I wonder if it's nice to have or not?Looking through mouser I've found that the following Kobiconn cords to be a suitable replacement. The important dimension was the cable thickness which appears to be 0.3125" (5/16") for Atari games. The Kobiconn cords were the only pigtail cords on Mouser I could find with jacket diameter specs, none of the other 18/3 mfgs had that listed.
Kobiconn 173-73103-E 18/3 10' - $9.54 vs
Kobiconn 173-73102-E 18/3 8' - $6.83
The 03-09-1032 molex part was only 0.29 each (unless you reuse the old) and then you have the 0.093 pins.
The cost of the 8' isn't much of a savings on the $8 part from say arcadeshop.com. So it's only really a question of is the extra power cord length worth it. So, what's the consensus from everyone, upgrade to 10' power cords from 8' or not?
