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What style wire is this? (Thin insulation, almost like Kynar/wire-wrap)
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TimNJ:
Hi all,

I'm working on a 24VDC LED lighting project where I need some wire which is as thin as possible. Looking for 24AWG or so.

In Boy Scouts, when I was younger, we made foxhole radios with some small diameter wire, shown in the attached picture. It almost looks like the wire that might be used in twisted-pair, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out what this type of wire is called. Does anyone know what they call this? Or, do you guys have any suggestions for thin insulation wire? UL Style (insert here)?

Thanks,
Tim
oPossum:
Looks like wire from a telco trunk cable.
mikeselectricstuff:
If you want thin insulated wire, Alpha Ecowire is good, though expensive. Very thin but very tough insulation.
DaJMasta:
Yep, looks a lot like phone cables to me, I think you can get Kynar wire that's a fair bit thinner than standard wire-wrap, but if nothing else, there's always enameled magnet wire.  Thinnest insulation I know of.
TimNJ:

--- Quote from: oPossum on December 17, 2018, 03:09:22 pm ---Looks like wire from a telco trunk cable.

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--- Quote from: DaJMasta on December 17, 2018, 03:21:23 pm ---Yep, looks a lot like phone cables to me, I think you can get Kynar wire that's a fair bit thinner than standard wire-wrap, but if nothing else, there's always enameled magnet wire.  Thinnest insulation I know of.

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Thanks. If I were to buy a spool of it somewhere, what would it be called?

Also, DaJMasta, we have tons of magnet wire at work, but I need to be able to identify positive, negative quickly and without errors.
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