Re: Wire prices

["alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Haven't had any trouble with solid wire or 66 blocks. Just 24 years though,
it could still happen. ;-)
js
"Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >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
>>
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