[sdiy] boring question about wire

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 22 October 2005 03:32 pm, Tom Arnold wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 03:09:19PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> > Most stranded wire is 7 strands,  excepting "test lead wire",  which is
> > expected to be flexed a LOT over its lifetime...
>
> Now, if someone could tell me where to buy bulk test lead wire, I'd be very
> happy.  Been looking for it for a while.  I'm sure Belden has something but
> I hate their website and I havent had a Belden or Alpha wire catalog in
> years.

I dunno,  I went to the local electronics wholesale distributor,  who I was 
dealing with at that time for repair parts,  and got myself a 100' spool of 
each,  which sufficed to make me a number of different sets of test leads.  
This was before web sites and such,  and with a helpful _person_ at the other 
end of the transaction,  sometimes that's the approach you gotta take to get 
anywhere.

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