[sdiy] phone cord, hook up wire?

[DTK]

You'll want to check it out thoroughly before you take it home though... A
lot of the 50 pair cables are flooded cables, meaning a weatherproofing
agent is injected into the jacket along with the wires.  Most flooded phone
cables use a substance that we refer to as "icky-pick" :)  Its *very* sticky
and it doesn't come off well at all... from the wires or your hands or
anything else really.

After working on a cross connect all day, you'd have icky-pick "gloves" on
your hands -  you had to literally peel it off.  Nasty stuff...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] phone cord, hook up wire?


> Sometimes from a demolition site, you can get a length of
> 50-pair phone cable (about 1.5 cm thick, white jacket).
> Inside you have 100 solid wires, with different color
> and stripe patterns.
> Which is nicer than wiring stuff up all the one color, believe me!
>
> Plus, it's good for sticking in a vase.
> And, the right diameter for breadboarding.
>
> paul perry melbourne australia