Lead Wire for single coils

[lowell]

Hi, curious what people use for single coil lead wire. I'm thinking of getting some 22gauge stranded, cloth-covered wire, however I cannot find any.

[chevalij]

Stewmac
Mojomusicalsupply
angela
weber

[lowell]

stew mac has best price...surprisingly!

[David Schwab]

stew mac has best price...surprisingly!

They have the best price for 4/C wire too! I used to them being slightly higher than everyone else for certain stuff.

I went looking at electronic suppliers like Mouser, et al, and Stew-mac was still cheaper!

Very surprising.

[David King]

I have no patients with that cloth wire, it unravels and looks messy and it's hard to strip. It's also way too big if you have a lot of other wiring happening in a small cavity. I really like the teflon insulated 19 strand awg24. I have 1000 foot spools in white and black. I did get an Ideal wire-stripper to go with it and that makes life a lot easier.

[Joe Gwinn]

I have no patients with that cloth wire, it unravels and looks messy and it's hard to strip.

The classic way to strip cloth-insulated wire in production is with a thermal stripper, where a pair of red-hot nichrome blades burn their way through the insulation.

It's also way too big if you have a lot of other wiring happening in a small cavity. I really like the teflon insulated 19 strand awg24. I have 1000 foot spools in white and black. I did get an Ideal wire-stripper to go with it and that makes life a lot easier.

There are mechanical bladed strippers made expressly for teflon, and after using one you will never go back.

[Possum]

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I love that wire, you bend it to shape and it stays that way, its great for using in amps for that reason for lead dress.

[David Schwab]

I have no patients with that cloth wire, it unravels and looks messy and it's hard to strip. It's also way too big if you have a lot of other wiring happening in a small cavity. I really like the teflon insulated 19 strand awg24. I have 1000 foot spools in white and black. I did get an Ideal wire-stripper to go with it and that makes life a lot easier.

I agree. I guess they keep using it because it's vintage looking. You would think Fender would be using coax by now.

I love teflon wire. I used some Alpha teflon wire I had for like 30 years, but when I ran low the price of a new roll was too high, so I went with some regular 24 AWG Belden wire.

[lowell]

can someone please tell me (David) where to get a stripping tool for the teflon wire?

[EtLa]

TEFLON wire stripper

http://www.coasteltools.com/prod_ct100.htm
I saw the CT100-30 in action and it works great

[David Schwab]

Well that sure has nothing to do with pickup wire...

[DrStrangelove]

Well that sure has nothing to do with pickup wire...

I've no idea what you're yakking about. Maybe that post was deleted?

-The Immoderator

[EtLa]

Maybe that post was deleted?

-The Immoderator

yes I received the email notification.

[David Schwab]

I've no idea what you're yakking about. Maybe that post was deleted?

-The Immoderator

The same guy posted three different posts in three different areas of the forum for this web site:

http://www.empvisualsolutions.com/

It was very market speak, talking about an uncertain future in tech and they have the answers or some such crap.

I should have quoted it in my reply.

I reported the post as spam.

[Joe Gwinn]

Thermal Wire Stripper

I just got a used Stripall TWC-1 thermal wire stripper at a hamfest for $25. (They cost about $370 new.)

It does a very nice job on teflon wire, and I bet it will do nicely on cloth-covered wire as well. I think a lot of these strippers are coming up for small dollars as electronic assemblers go belly up.

http://www.teledyneinterconnect.com/.../wirestrip.asp

By the way, the patent is US 3,143,635.