[sdiy] boring question about wire

[Tom Arnold]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 03:44:38PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> > 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.

I actually spent all of 10 seconds searching for this wire just now and had
much better luck.

Belden 8899  18ga 65/36 stranded ( whoa! ) rubber insulation.  Not real
cheap ( 20cents/foot ) but not bad either.

I have one particular project that I need some wire like this for a portion
that passes a hinge...

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