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Offline Bob Sands

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Metric Wire
« on: November 25, 2012, 04:34:42 PM »
  Am finding it difficult to source wire as fine as .1 mm.  I live in the US, where nothing metric is reasonably available, but the finest we've come up with is .3 mm.
  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
  Thanx  Bob
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Offline Des

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2012, 05:57:34 PM »
The electrical leads for computers, printers, phones etc all contain very small wires, the cables on power adaptors for charging phones, head phones, speaker wires are also a good source. The $2 shops carry a good renage of IT cables for any type of application, it's just a matter of stripping these cables and measuring the internal wires, the smallest I have found so far is 0.07mm with the average size being around 0.1mm - 0.15mm.

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Offline Bob Sands

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2012, 01:22:04 AM »
  My wife's phone charger "somehow" disappeared over the weekend,....guess she'll have to get a new one.
  Thanx for your help,...the journey continues.
  Bob
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Offline Chris Johnson

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2012, 03:28:19 AM »
Quote from: Bob Sands on November 27, 2012, 01:22:04 AM
  My wife's phone charger "somehow" disappeared over the weekend,....guess she'll have to get a new one.
  Thanx for your help,...the journey continues.
  Bob

Now that's a brave man!

Cheers,

Chris
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Offline Jim52

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2012, 05:07:55 AM »
Or, one that's soon be be spending a whoooole lot of
time sleeping on the sofa!  ;) ;D 8)

Jim
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Offline pepperman42

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2012, 10:20:48 AM »
...or one that has to buy her an iPhone5 now.......

Steve
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Offline Bob Sands

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2012, 03:29:10 PM »
Well,...let's just call it, incentive to get a new phone,...contract was up,  and some of us were just procratinatin'.  Never been accused of being "real" bright.
  Take care  Bob
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Offline rhallinger

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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2012, 08:15:55 PM »
The epitome of resourcefulness!   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;)
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Re: Metric Wire
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2012, 03:39:29 AM »
Earbuds/headphone now are notoriously cheap when it comes to quality. My teenage son would go through a pair every few months, and he would give me the old pair with the broken wires to strip. I've got a whole box full of the things to provide me with wire when I need it.

Warren
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