Hopefully not a stupid question but I’m looking at the power supply line shown in one of the pics here:
and there’s not that wire to be had after the barrel plug is removed between the end of the wires and the ferrite core on my power supply. Since I see no evidence of the ferrite in the pic I’m wondering if that’s a different power supply or the ferrite core gets removed along with the barrel plug?
Just trying to figure a way of doing the wiring neatly.
So, is the ferrite bead necessary on the power cord? I’d like to shorten it if possible. I have some hinged ferrite beads saved from the past but unfortunately all for larger cable sizes.
I don’t think it is a huge problem to remove it.
Yeah, I guess if I start receiving Radio Kabul on my laptop I can always get one and add it back.
Interestingly, I’m in the process of running wires and cut what I thought was a ferrite bead off the cord, I started slicing the molded plastic off thinking I’d hit ferrite and so far it appears to be simply molded plastic with no attraction to a magnet.
It is just for show? Haha.
Well, I put a new blade in the utility knife and dissected the rest. If it has a purpose other than decorative it’s well hidden.
Maybe it is for strain relief in some application?
Well, seeing what was not inside relieved my strain over lopping it off. 
Yeah, Fake. Most of them seem to be. Isn’t that nuts? They must add them at the same time as the plug cover or there is no way it is worth it.
Reminds me of the days of the old J C Whitney catalog that used to sell a phony antenna to give your car that ‘mobile phone’ look. 
I absolutely loved JC Whitney…I had VW’s and they had all sorts of the needed parts, then all the fun bonus stuff. Forgot all about that…so freaking cool.
I always wanted one of the put a Corvair engine in your Beetle kits, 140HP in a bug woulda been a hoot, just never managed to have the time, $$$, and place to do it at the same time.
I broke way to many parts to know adding more power was a bad idea, 1641 dual carbs was as big as I got. Then realized a single carb was much easier to deal with. I loved them until I drove something with disk brakes, then I always felt unsafe. If I ever win the lottery I will get another bus (and add disk brakes).
My first car was a Corvair convertible, loved that car. Now that I think about it when I get my MPCNC up and running a worthy first project may well be something suitably derogatory about a certain Mr. Nader. 
“MPCNC: Safe at any speed*”
*less than 10 mm/s, with proper supervision
I guess I’ll have to make my plaque read: Nader: Untrue At Any Read