Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> And, strange as it sounds, replace any "hot red" aka "magenta" sata cable
> with some other color.  I am a CET and known to me since the 1970's, that
> color of insulation dye will in time, convert the copper of the conductor
> into a rust colored powder, and that is a poor conductor.

This is very hard to believe.  I'm willing to believe that there have
been insulation dyes that have proved problematic, but if you've
encountered those problems in the 70s I find it *really* odd that it
would still affect cables from this century (e.g. sata cables).

Can you point to any evidence?


        Stefan