On 10/29/2019 9:01 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Tuesday 29 October 2019 06:58:34 andy pugh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 10:47, Roland Jollivet
<[email protected]> wrote:
Is this something difficult to get in your country?
Gene is in the US, so I wouldn't have expected so. I have forgotten
where you are.
I can walk into any electrical store and ask for 2-core cable
The UK has quite restrictive rules on cabling, but despite that it
isn't hard to find wire in any DIY store:
https://www.diy.com/departments/electrical-security/cables-cable-manag
ement/home-wiring-cables/DIY579382.cat
Before they shut down their physical shops I used to go to Maplin a
lot, they were open on Sunday and they had a good selection of hook up
and equipment cable. Now I have to make sure I am out of the house
before noon on Saturday to walk to the end of my street to the local
TLC: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Index/index.html
But for machine installations I like to use the purpose-made oil and
flex resistant cable chain stuff that Rapid handily sell by the metre.
That requires mail-order or a 35 mile trip (but, again, Rapid open on
Saturday 0900-1300)
https://www.rapidonline.com/Catalogue/Search?Query=drag%20cable&Tier=C
ommunications%20%26%20Control%20Cables
You are far better served than I am in a county seat village of about
5000 here in WV, USA. There may be similar places in Star
City=Charleston, 100 miles south, but w/o a phone book, I'd have no way
to find them. So for >75% of what I need, its online & drag out the
card. Saves me hugely on gas since even on a 100 mile run my 4wd pickup
gets under 16 mpg, at the cost of time if the only source is half-way
around this ball of iron. Hong Kong to here is 3+ weeks, add 2 more
from the interior. The vacuum that represents is about 10-34 torr.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
I live near a city of just over 100K people and the electrical
distributors around here carry building wire, and THHN stranded type
wire 14 gauge and on up, but very little multiconductor control cable or
low voltage tinned hook up wire. They can get it, but you will have to
order it. I make up control panels periodically and most of are 24 VDC
/ 480 VAC. I buy most of the low voltage wire online as the local
industrial stores don't stock it. Since it has to be shipped to the
local store, it might as well be shipped directly to me.
Wesbell Electronics is a good source of low voltage control panel
wire. https://www.wbwireandcable.com/ I'm sure there are others.
Dave
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