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rockin_rick:

Where can I get some striped wire - the wire that is one color and has a (different) color stripe down it?  In 16, 18, and/or 20 AWG stranded that is in spools of 100ft or less each.  I can find/get solid color, but don't know where to get the wire with the striping.  Having more color varieties would make wiring a CP a bit simpler/less confusing.

Thanks,
Rick


MYX:

amphinol 25 pair wire that they use for PBX installation have a brazillion different colors. Call up a local PBX VAR and ask the install guys if they have some scrap you might be able to have. Now, it is only single strand wire so you will want to treat it carefully while you are wiring the CP, but that stuff is great. I use it for building my gizmos because of that exact reason. You can easily sort out problems because you can trace out wires by colors. If you can get about an 8 foot piece you will be good for years. 

GoPodular.com:

Speaker wire?

Xam:

Thermostat wire is also good. Comes in 2/3/5/7 strand if I am not mistaking.
all color coded too! Its not braided though...its solid core...if you are looking for braided then pass on the t-stat wire.

Xam

rockin_rick:


--- Quote from: GoPodular.com on January 20, 2007, 12:35:16 am ---Speaker wire?

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No, not speaker wire.  The wire that I'm thinking of is a single wire (hook-up wire) that is a color with a stripe of different color down it.  I've attached a pic and the wire is like the wire in the upper left - the black one with the white stripe.  Car stereos often use these on the speaker wires for the negative of each speaker (eg. white with black, grey with black, green with black, purple with black) and the amp turn on (blue with white).

Rick


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