Hookup Wire - 18AWG Stranded Cloth Covered Black - By Foot

Product Description

18AWG tinned stranded (7/26) soft copper single conductor unshielded wire with a celanese braid and a waxed braided cotton outer insulation.

The perfect pushback wire for making vintage style speaker wiring!

Sold by the foot.
Qty 1 = 12" long
Qty 3 = 36" long (3' long)
Qty 10 = 120" long (10' long)
etc.

*Due to the fact that this product needs to be cut, there are no returns on this product

Tech's notes: "Note that because this is true vintage style pushback wire, unshielded and uninsulated, it is technically unrated.  Use at your own risk and avoid use in commercial products because it won't meet any technical electrical safety standards."

IMPORTANT REFERENCE - Stranded Wire Types

Tinned Stranded = Copper conductors that have been coated with tin, and then the tinned strands are twisted together.   The strands are NOT bonded together.  This is the most commonly used wire in our industry.

A select minority of parts suppliers sell stranded wire that has been fully bonded/coated along its entire length and only label it as "tinned" or "pre-tinned" wire.  That is NOT the correct title for that type of wire.  If that's what you're looking for, you need to search for "topcoat" wire.

Topcoat = Stranded bare copper wire that has been run through a tin bath, effectively permeating/coating the entire length of the stranded wire.  The result is a stranded wire that acts/feels like solid core wire because the strands have been bonded along the entire length of the wire.  This was previously less common in our industry, only being used by select manufacturers (Hi-Watt being the most notable).  But, it has been growing in popularity in recent years, especially among the guitar wiring crowd.