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 Single stranded cotton cover wire for chassis interconnections.
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 Jimb
 Location: Kanahooka, NSW
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I have enough for the current project, however I thought I would get some more through the HRSA unfortunatley they no longer stock it.
Stan has given me a contact in USA. Does anyone have a supplier in Australia? I was not going to do anymore of this stuff , but hey I am back into it.
 
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 Johnny
 Location: Hobart, TAS
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Jaycar sell packs of pvc spaghetti that can be very useful for this situation.
Just undo one end of perished wire, slip on spaghetti, and all’s done.
I don’t consider cotton covered wire essential unless you really want to restore to original. And that’s impossible anyway.
Jaycar spaghetti is made for high voltage applications.
JJ
 
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 Vintage Pete
 Location: Albury, NSW
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Different era because I like 60s stuff which sometimes has that cotton check lead,
I get it off old Irons etc etc ,looks right on the lamps and some radios and is great quality.
 
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 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
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Evatco in QLD has a good range of both solid and stranded high voltage hookup cable:

https://www.evatco.com.au/solid-core-vintage-look-cloth-covered-wire

https://www.evatco.com.au/vintage-look-cloth-covered-stranded-wire
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 6:46:34 PM on 12 July 2020.
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 Jimb
 Location: Kanahooka, NSW
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Thank you all the spaghetti might be the way to go.
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 10:54:49 AM on 17 July 2020.
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 Jimb
 Location: Kanahooka, NSW
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Thank you GTC I have just ordered some rolls . I was suprised how cheap it was.
Regards Jimb
 
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