Re: Wire prices

["Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Just don't nick the solid when you strip it.

And that is why I don't use it. If the wire has been nicked and flexed it
will break, or worse yet, it looks intact to the eye when it is actually
broken electrically. I don't know how many times I have "fixed" a so called
"broken" alarm panel just by giving all the zone wires a good tug and fixing
the wires that snap off. There have been too many of those experiences for
me to consider solid core as anything other than an invitation to big
problems. Solid core is verboten on anything I work on (other than CAT 5 or
similar wire or on the Telco protector run). I saw that some guys like to
use 66 blocks. I have some guys that like those things too. I tell them to
go work for the phone company. However I have found that if you're careful
you can successfully use stranded on those applications too. I have some
stranded wire 66 blocks that have been in service well over 25 years. I
still don't like using 66 blocks though.

"alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> It pulls better and when it breaks it pretty much breaks all the way
>> instead
>> of hanging on by a strand.
>> I find it much easier to work with, I hate working with puny stranded
>> stuff.
>> Price is not the difference, if  solid were more money I'd still be using
>> it.
>
> Me too. I don't like stranded wire, never did. Just don't nick the solid
> when you strip it.
> js
>