[ARC5] RJ-45 Wire?

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I've stripped RJ45 Ethernet cables for the small wires & haven't encountered any that wouldn't take solder.  Apparently it is not a universal problem.  I have encountered similar looking telephone cable that turned out to be made with "tinsel wire" - bundles of tiny foil strips wrapped around fibrous support strings & they didn't like solder much at all.

WayneWB4OGM

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From: Mkdorney via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sat, Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] RJ-45 Wire?

Cloth covered copper mesh?  

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On Jul 6, 2019, at 6:02 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:



I replaced a failing RJ-45 cable with a new one and then took the old one apart.  I thought that small diameter color coded wire would be fine for a low voltage low current project I'm working on.
But I absolutely could not get the wire to accept solder.  I know those connectors are crimped on, but what is the wire made out of that will not take soldering? WayneWB5WSV    

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