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what wire should i buy for a basic electronics lab
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westfw:
Some 30g “wire wrap” wire, some cat5/cat6 cable (both solid and stranded), some relatively heavy wire from cast/cut-off power cords (or internal computer power cables), some ribbon cable, and some fine stranded insulated wire of the sort you find inside mouse cables...


Oh, also save the cutoffs of th components that you put on pcbs.



Except for the first, This is all stuff that you should be able to find in the trash.



Ian.M:
Fusewire (if you are in a country that used to use replaceable wire mains fuses, you can probably find a card with a selection of sizes on it at a good hardware store)  which is just bare tinned copper wire with accurate diameter specs.  Its good for PCB jumpers etc.    If you find you use a lot of it, order a reel by diameter.


--- Quote from: westfw on April 20, 2019, 08:01:25 am ---...
This is all stuff that you should be able to find in the trash.
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... if you are lucky.   If you keep your eyes open for electrical/telecoms contractors trash, you''ll find stuff pretty easily, but you wont find much good wire in general office or domestic trash, as most people don't chuck out loose cables unless they are FUBARed.
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