Where To Buy? 22AWG 7 Conductor Wire For Shunt Lead Extend
Could be 20AWG or 24. Can be 8 leads. But different colors. I need to add 25' Thermostat wire is solid conductor. A bit leery of exposing it to vibration - the conductors are tiny.
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DrewE wrote:
Lots of cat 5 wire (but not all) is not multconductor. It generally depends on whether it's intended for use in walls or racks (not multiconductor) or to connect computers to those things, I suspect.
"Alarm cable" or "Security/alarm cable" is generally stranded and is readily available from various sources. It's rated at higher (line) voltages--and lower frequencies--than cat5/5e/6 wire. Most commonly it comes in four conductors or so, but is available with more including eight.
All Cat 5/6 wire is multi conductor, not all is stranded conductor as opposed to solid conductor.
If you are extending a t-stat, use t-stat wire. If solid conductor t-stat wire was affected by vibration nearly every furnace / AC would not be working.
