Source of Electric Wire

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Llongfordrailway

Edrig, Little John, Ruby, Ffion and Coal Fowler
Hello,

I'm struggling to find thin electrical wire for small jobs around the railway but I'm struggling to find any in a reel etc.

Can anyone suggest a good source of electrical wire where you may shop?

Regards

Daniel
 
depends what gauge you need? Maplin is my usual port of call for single core multi-strand wire in various colours. I buy it in 10m lengths, but they also do 100m reels.
 
R.S Components On-line?
 
And if all that fails you then eBay has it all....
For really fine wire I use wrapping wire comes in a variety of colours and solders well....
 
Hi Tramcar Trev,

Can you send me a link for the wire suplier you use? Thank you for all the replies. The difficulty I have is that I don't know the thickness of the wire and when I'm looking on screwfix and various websites it doesn't really say. I use eBay a lot and if I can get some off there, I will do!

Regards

Daniel
 
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_odkw=electronics+cable&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xhookup+wire&_nkw=hookup+wire&_sacat=0

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_odkw=single+strand+wire&_from=R40|R40|R40|R40|R40|R40|R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xsingle+strand+cable&_nkw=single+strand+cable&_sacat=0
 
Many thanks for that. I've just ordered some wire from a UK supplier. I think the difficulty was that I was not specifically searching for "hookup wire" but once I searched that, I found what I was looking for. I've just ordered two 20m spools! ;) One red and the other black which should see me through for a while.

Thanks for all the replies.

Daniel
 
A easy source is 7 core alarm cable, it's cheep 100m drum can be had for about 20 quid from a electrical wholesaler, and if you strip a length of outer jacket you get 7 cores of stranded cable all difrerent colours, perfect for most little jobs on a layout or loco repairs
 
sparky230 said:
A easy source is 7 core alarm cable, it's cheep 100m drum can be had for about 20 quid from a electrical wholesaler, and if you strip a length of outer jacket you get 7 cores of stranded cable all difrerent colours, perfect for most little jobs on a layout or loco repairs
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Isn't alarm cable a little 'light' for this?

Cheap, yes.. But then there is hardly anything in it!
;) :D ;D ;D
 
It runs all my point motors no probs. I think it's 3 amp rated?
 
Alarm cable is 7 strand multicore 0.22mm diameter rated 1amp at 50v

So suitable for lots of Railway related projects
 
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