[GreenKeys] Stranded vs. Solid Wire

[Steve Schlink]

Not to belabor a point, but ...

A true Western Electric telephone line cord (as opposed to the import crap) 
is not even stranded, it is tinsel cord.

A very fine tempered bronze alloy ribbon is wrapped around a center thread 
of cotton or nylon. In addition to superior flexion, it primarily served as 
a fusible, current limiting method, "in the old days."

Steve

At 02:10 PM 11/21/2008 +0000 Sam Hallas  wrote:
>Steve Schlink wrote:
>>  FYI, telecom doesn't use stranded wire, except inside of telephone sets.
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>Or the desk cord to the wall socket.
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>Sam
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