Small guage kynar coated wire, CHEAP

[K0RNSUCKS]

This place sells 1000 foot spools of 30 guage kynar for $15, the only that that sucks is, you HAVE to order COD for your first order. They also sell it pre cut, pre stripped, and tinned if you like. They also sell heat shrink.

 

[DealDatabase]

Where is that anyway? What is it?

 

[randomlinh]

hehe, can't you see the invisible link 😉

yeah, what exactly is kynar?

 

[K0RNSUCKS]

WOW, I'm A RETARD!!!! Linky

kynar is like rubber, covers the wire, but it's better than rubber for some strange reason.

 

[Bobartig]

kynar has a higher dialectric coefficient, and high heat resistance compared to rubber. You can make some very cheap, kickass audio components with this stuff, because the better dialectric element (than say rubber, or PVC) creates less signal/time smear. Heh, maybe I'll post this at audio asylum! It's also good for sensitive equipment, high temperature environments, and just for general hookup wire.

It's not as good as teflon, but teflon tends to be less flexible, and costs more than kynar.

 

[mikeford]

This is just "wire wrap" wire. Circuit boards will have inch long posts sticking out the back for every component socket connection on the front of the card, and the circuit is made by precisely wrapping a short section of the stripped wire on the square posts. This used to be the way virtually all prototype circuit boards were made, but fell out of favor as the frequencies rose above 100 mhz.

 

[Bobartig]

Doesn't wirewrap wire usually refer to enamel insulated wire, like magnet wire? Even though this stuff is tiny, I think the kynar makes it kinda thick for wirewrap work. (there are far too many "w"'s in this post).

 

[Staplehead]

Nope, all the wire wrap I ever use is Kynar...

 

[jamarno]

Enamel-insulated wire (more likely polyurethane-insulated nowadays) is usually referred to as "magnet wire," while wirewrap wire has fairly thick insulation. Kynar is much better than the typical vinyl insulation because it's more resistant to abrasion and heat. If you solder a piece of vinyl wire that's been stripped at the end, many times the insulation comes off, but it almost never does with Kynar or Tefzel.