Any one know of a good source of a 24 or 26 gauge flexible wire like they use in these new engines, need four colors, black , yellow, blue and green.
Thanks,
Marty
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E-BAY OR AMAZON.
I have bought black from Hennings, but don't know if they carry colors.
Amazon sells a box of 6 colors 25 ft. Solid. They also list in stranded.
The train wire is super flexible hopefully. That requires many strands of fine wire. I would think the Hennings wire is such and also I think Olsen train parts has the wire. I have only seen black though.
I get my super flex wire from Charlie's Trains. He stock all the standard colors.
Jay
I have only black, but I would also like to have some other colors. I got the stuff I have on ebay from vendor yoderr, but I don't see any more like it in the seller's listings. I got it in 2014.
I get my super flex wire from Charlie's Trains. He stock all the standard colors.
I've written to Charlie's Trains for a new price list twice now.
Each time I've included a dollar, which is what he used to charge for it.
Never received any response.
I think Jill Sisco has the best price on wire. I keep a fairly wide assortment on hand.
In 22 gauge, the superflex wire is available in black.
In 24 gauge, the superflex wire is available in black and red.
There is also 24 gauge "extra flexible" wire listed for e-units, available in yellow, green, and blue. I do not know how it differs from "superflex" wire. I use it regularly.
There are quite a few other wire types available as well.
I use a flex wire that I pick up at a RC Model show (ram show). It comes in a pack of red/black). This wire is about 20 to 22 awg and has about 60 to 70 strands of wire with a silicone jacket. I sue this on my prewar trains and if a ire is coming out to a strap type head light I will spice a piece of cloth covered solid core wire for the expose part and use the flex wire to to the inside of the loco solder the wires together then heat shrink the connection. Make sute you ask on how many strands are in the wire as dealers try to sell regular stranded wire for flex wire. Do not remember the dealers name but looked up on a site for super flex silicone wire, you may want to email them ion the strand count and the outer diameter of the jacket.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobby...ires_Connectors.html
Anybody know what the typical size wire is in an MTH engine (diesel or steam)?
Milwrd
FWIW, I use Belden 8890-10 (black) #24AWG test prod wire for replacing wires from pickup rollers to internal mechanisms (like whistle tenders). Expensive but CPCares carries 25' rolls, link:
http://www.cpcares.com/pdf/851.pdf
Might find better prices elsewhere.
NTE electronics solid or stranded 8 colors 16 -26 gauge, 25',100', 1000' rolls.http://www.nteinc.com/wire/WH_Series.php?a=6
Steve, where's the fine stranded wire?
16 & 18 AWG is 16 strand, 20 AWG is 10 strand, all other gauges are 7 strand
Sounds like normal hookup wire to me.
Yes, we have the colors: black, green, blue, yellow, red, gray, & white. All same price as our black. 22 gage stranded. Harry
How many strands in the stranded flexible?
cjack posted:How many strands in the stranded flexible?
What I was actually wondering was is it all the soft like the original black that goes on pickups, etc...but in colors?
Jill's "e-unit wire" is 24 gauge with 41 strands. It comes in yellow, green and blue.
I would still like to know whether anybody has received an order from Charlie's Trains recently.
