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trying to identify this wire type
georgetownjohn
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Greetings Phorum members,
Hope you can help me identify this type of wire in the photo I have attached.  I am not sure about the replacement type for it since it is the only rubber covered wire that I have seen thus far in the entire radio(37-640).  Thanks and Happy and S         afe Thanksgiving---John
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The red wire is rubber covered wire.

The others are cotton braid over rubber often in colors or a tracer, also strand. The wire size is #20. Generally the filament wires are #18 for larger chassis #16.

In time the sulfur in the rubber rots the cotton and becomes brittle bending the wire will cause the insulation to crack and fall off.


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