24 gauge CAT 5 wire for stators.

dstockwell · 16th December 2005, 10:14 PM

What do you think, I have 225 ft of 8 strand solid CAT5. So by the time I remove the outside jacket I will end up with 1800 ft of 24 gauge wire. I will have to solder the ends to make that much but seems like a good idea, 16 wires per inch. I will never make enough speaker wire or interconnects with all that.

I_Forgot · 16th December 2005, 10:40 PM

Its going to be a lot of work to untwist and strip all that. Wire is cheap. Get a roll of 24 ga. magnet wire. Save the cat 5 for computer networking.

I_F

audioaficionado · 8th January 2006, 04:30 AM

How about Type 302/304 stainless steel tempered music Wire— 1- and 2-ft. straight lengths in the McMaster-Carr catalog pg 3459. This stuff should be very stiff and not need tensioning.

http://www.mcmaster.com/

I_Forgot · 8th January 2006, 05:05 AM

How are you going to make connections to all those steel wires?

I think you may have a hard time soldering to it...

I_F

audioaficionado · 9th January 2006, 12:16 AM

Easy. Just use conductive circuit trace repair ink/paint or windshield defroster repair compound.

16th December 2005, 10:14 PM	#1
dstockwell diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Georgia	24 gauge CAT 5 wire for stators. What do you think, I have 225 ft of 8 strand solid CAT5. So by the time I remove the outside jacket I will end up with 1800 ft of 24 gauge wire. I will have to solder the ends to make that much but seems like a good idea, 16 wires per inch. I will never make enough speaker wire or interconnects with all that.

8th January 2006, 04:30 AM	#3
audioaficionado diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Medford, Oregon, USA	How about Type 302/304 stainless steel tempered music Wire— 1- and 2-ft. straight lengths in the McMaster-Carr catalog pg 3459. This stuff should be very stiff and not need tensioning. http://www.mcmaster.com/ __________________ audioaficionado

9th January 2006, 12:16 AM	#5
audioaficionado diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Medford, Oregon, USA	Easy. Just use conductive circuit trace repair ink/paint or windshield defroster repair compound. __________________ audioaficionado

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16th December 2005, 10:40 PM	#2
I_Forgot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, Az.	Its going to be a lot of work to untwist and strip all that. Wire is cheap. Get a roll of 24 ga. magnet wire. Save the cat 5 for computer networking. I_F

8th January 2006, 05:05 AM	#4
I_Forgot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, Az.	How are you going to make connections to all those steel wires? I think you may have a hard time soldering to it... I_F

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