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I've been searching for a specific style of cloth wire, which seems to have been used quite a bit on c. 1920 appliances. It's a twisted pair with a black woven covering. Sundial wire has a similar product called overbraid, but it's too large a gauge and it has 3 conductors instead of 2, which changes the look. Is anyone currently producing this wire? I'd like to buy a roll of it since I have about a dozen projects that I need it for! Attached is a photo of what I'm talking about. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Sadly, I think that website just re-sells the stuff from sundial. That's the same 3-conductor wire I want to avoid if possible. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Antique Radio Supply sells two types of cloth covered AC wire. One is 18 gauge brown cloth, the other is larger I believe it's 16 gauge. Here's a link to the page for the wire:

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/r ... s_0?page=6


Chuck

ChuckA wrote:Antique Radio Supply sells two types of cloth covered AC wire. One is 18 gauge brown cloth, the other is larger I believe it's 16 gauge. Here's a link to the page for the wire:

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/r ... s_0?page=6


Chuck

It looks like they only have parallel cord, not quite what I'm looking for, but thanks Chuck!

phonocrank wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Twisted-R ... 6b45942326

This wire is just the plain twisted pair without the outer covering, if I can't find what I want I'll likely end up using this style but I'm really hoping to find the other stuff. Thanks though!

Try Rhode Island Wire

http://www.riwire.com/

They can make just about anything, even though it's not in their catalog.


Chuck

ChuckA wrote:Try Rhode Island Wire

http://www.riwire.com/

They can make just about anything, even though it's not in their catalog.


Chuck

Good idea, that's where I got the wiring harness for my Packard! Maybe I'll send them an email and see if it's something they can make or maybe already have.

Call them it's a lot easier to describe what you want and what he can do.

Chuck