26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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I just received my order containing several colors of your 26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire.
Both the Description and Technical Details for each color have the outer diameter listed as 0.5mm

DESCRIPTION
"The wire is 26AWG stranded with an outer diameter of 0.5mm."

TECHNICAL DETAILS
"Outer Diameter: 0.5mm"

The wire I received however is proving to have an outer diameter of 1.44mm.
This is 3 times bigger that was I was expecting and will not work in the very confined space my project calls for.

I also ordered 4m of each of the colors and received cut up 2m sections instead of a single 4m of each color.
I need one long 4m pice of each color for my project.

I'm very disappointed... :(

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Re: 26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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Hmm.. I'll have someone pull a roll and take another measurement. If the specs on the page are wrong, we'll need to correct them.

WRT length, the product page specifies segments 2m long:
Comes with 2m of black, red, blue, green, grey, orange, or yellow wire. The wire is 26AWG stranded with an outer diameter of 0.5mm.
Regardless, you didn't get what you expected/wanted. Send a note to [email protected] with a link to this thread for a refund.

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Re: 26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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Ok, I will send the note with the link. Thank You.

Do you have any idea where I can find Silicone wire like this that is 0.5mm???

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Re: 26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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Not offhand.

At that size, I'd suggest 30 gauge solid wire with kynar/PVDF insulation.. usually sold as 'wire wrapping wire'. The wire itself is 0.010" across (0.255mm), and insulation roughly doubles the thickness. Kynar is a harder plastic than PVC, so it holds the wire better and is more heat resistant. You can also get Teflon/PTFE insulation, but that costs about a dollar a foot.

We have blue wire wrapping wire (https://www.adafruit.com/products/1446) but you can get reels in other colors from Mouser and Digikey.

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Re: 26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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I sent an email to [email protected] on July 18th with a link to this thread for a refund and I don't think I ever got a response... ???

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Re: 26AWG Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire sizes.

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Check your junk/spam email folder. The support people are pretty good at responding. If nothing is there send another email to [email protected] with a link to this thread and I will give them a heads up to look for it.

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