Torsion relieving power cable

A method of forming a power cable, the method comprising:

• inserting a flexible drive shaft through a first axial receiving hole on a longitudinal axis of a first conductor guide and through a second axial receiving hole on a longitudinal axis of a second conductor guide;
• inserting a conductor through a first distal receiving hole in the first conductor guide;
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• inserting the conductor through a second distal receiving hole in the second conductor guide such that the conductor twists around the longitudinal axis of the first conductor guide.

A power cable comprising:

• a first conductor guide comprising (i) a first plurality of distal receiving holes and (ii) a first axial receiving hole on a longitudinal axis of the power cable, wherein the first conductor guide comprises a rigid insulating material, and wherein each distal receiving hole of the first plurality of distal receiving holes is positioned at a common radial distance from the first axial receiving hole;
• a second conductor guide comprising (i) a second plurality of distal receiving holes and (ii) a second axial receiving hole on the longitudinal axis of the power cable, wherein the second conductor guide comprises a rigid insulating material, and wherein each distal receiving hole of the second plurality of distal receiving holes is positioned at the common radial distance from the second axial receiving hole;
• a flexible drive shaft that is disposed in the first axial receiving hole and the second axial receiving hole;
• a plurality of conductors that twist around the longitudinal axis, wherein the plurality of conductors are disposed respectively in the first plurality of distal receiving holes and respectively in the second plurality of distal receiving holes, wherein for each conductor of the plurality of conductors, the distal receiving hole of the first plurality of distal receiving holes in which the conductor is disposed in is at an azimuthal position that is different from an azimuthal position of the distal receiving hole of the second plurality of distal receiving holes in which the conductor is disposed in;
• an insulating spacer between the first conductor guide and the second conductor guide, wherein the insulating spacer surrounds at least a portion of the flexible drive shaft that is between the first conductor guide and the second conductor guide and is between the flexible drive shaft and the plurality of conductors, and wherein the plurality of conductors twist around the insulating spacer;
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• an insulating jacket that surrounds the plurality of conductors, the first conductor guide, the second conductor guide, and the flexible drive shaft.