[ARC5] RJ-45 Wire?

[Al Klase]

WB5WSV,

I agree with WB4OGM.  What we're talking about here is Ethernet cable, 4 
twisted pairs, solid bare copper, about #26.   It has designations like 
CAT-5, CAT-5E, and today CAT-6.  This stuff takes solder just fine.

You must have something else.

Al

On 7/6/2019 8:00 PM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
> 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.
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mkdorney via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> Cc: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] RJ-45 Wire?
>
> Cloth covered copper mesh?
>
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> stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson
>
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>
> On Jul 6, 2019, at 6:02 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net 
> <mailto: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?
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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