Cotton covered or coated fibreglass hook up wire anyone know a good source ? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

trabant · 2nd Oct 2019, 6:44 pm

Restoring a Murphy A3 looking to do the job properly and in need of some 20awg hook up wire ( solid type ) or the varnished fibreglass covered variety all the stuff I can find online seems to be aimed at the Guitar amp brigade and therefore stupid money.

John M0GLN · 2nd Oct 2019, 7:15 pm

Have you looked here?

https://www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/copper.html

John

trabant · 2nd Oct 2019, 7:39 pm

Yes ive looked there very confusing site swapping between length in metres and selling it by weight I'm also after coloured stuff not just white.

G6Tanuki · 2nd Oct 2019, 7:44 pm

Fibreglass-overbraided wire - which looks pretty much the same as cotton-braided - is used in things like cookers and storage-heaters.

A few months back I consigned an old "Tricity Viscount" cooker to the skip, but not before I'd harvested enough fibreglass-braided cable in different colours to rewire a WWII Hallicrafters S27 communications-receiver.

joebog1 · 3rd Oct 2019, 12:03 am

https://www.evatco.com.au/wire/

They sell exactly what you need, its not silly prices but it is expensive.

Joe

2nd Oct 2019, 6:44 pm	#1
trabant Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Carlisle, UK. Posts: 164	Cotton covered or coated fibreglass hook up wire anyone know a good source ? Restoring a Murphy A3 looking to do the job properly and in need of some 20awg hook up wire ( solid type ) or the varnished fibreglass covered variety all the stuff I can find online seems to be aimed at the Guitar amp brigade and therefore stupid money.

2nd Oct 2019, 7:15 pm	#2
John M0GLN Octode Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Southport, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 1,156	Re: Cotton covered or coated fibreglass hook up wire anyone know a good source ? Have you looked here? https://www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/copper.html John

2nd Oct 2019, 7:39 pm	#3
trabant Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Carlisle, UK. Posts: 164	Re: Cotton covered or coated fibreglass hook up wire anyone know a good source ? Yes ive looked there very confusing site swapping between length in metres and selling it by weight I'm also after coloured stuff not just white.

2nd Oct 2019, 7:44 pm	#4
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,996	Re: Cotton covered or coated fibreglass hook up wire anyone know a good source ? Fibreglass-overbraided wire - which looks pretty much the same as cotton-braided - is used in things like cookers and storage-heaters. A few months back I consigned an old "Tricity Viscount" cooker to the skip, but not before I'd harvested enough fibreglass-braided cable in different colours to rewire a WWII Hallicrafters S27 communications-receiver.

3rd Oct 2019, 12:03 am	#5
joebog1 Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,704	Re: Cotton covered or coated fibreglass hook up wire anyone know a good source ? https://www.evatco.com.au/wire/ They sell exactly what you need, its not silly prices but it is expensive. Joe