What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

[Nos4r2]

I'm trying to find some marine wire to rewire my boat in the UK and I'm not having a lot of luck. Can't find it in a web search, our local electronics components store has never heard of it and I don't know the trade name or technical name for it.<br /><br />What I'm looking for specifically is the really flexible multicore braided tinned wire like is used inside outboards for internal wiring as this seems to have the best corrosion resistance-and it's obviously designed for marine applications but i don't know even the brand name to do a proper search or attempt to order. Anyone got any ideas? No-one over here seems to sell ancor products that I've seen.

 

[18rabbit]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

You can try web searching for these types of wire: MTW, AWM, TEW, EPM. There’s probably more. If/when Waterone checks-in he might be able to give you some more ideas of what to search for.<br /><br />There is no such thing as ‘boat wire’, per say. Wire is rated/graded per application/environment. A boat is an environment with vibration, moisture, and exposure to a corrosive atmosphere (salt).<br /><br />The tin-coated copper takes care of the corrosion issue and to some degree also heat, multi-strands (type-2 or type-3) takes care of the vibration issue, and the insulation (PVC) on the conductor(s) addresses the moisture issue by resisting heat, oil, and exposure to moisture and/or submersion in water.<br /><br />MTW is a common machine tool wire that gets used for just about everything. Works great on boats. Pretty much anything that is multi-stranded, tin-coated, and UL approved will work. The quality of common PVC insulation is so good that moisture resistance is not much of an issue.<br /><br />The difference between type-2 and type-3 wire is the number and size of the strands. Type-2 has fewer and larger strands so it won’t take as much vibration. If you secure your wire every 18-in or less, it doesn’t matter which of the two types you get. Type-1 wire is a single, solid conductor that doesn’t like any vibration, so you don’t want that on your boat.

 

[Richard Petersen]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

UK guy, Try a electrical supply store.

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

Nos, I just spent 2 minutes googling - waa-laa!!!<br /><br />Both links are U.K. based mail order sites, shouldn't be any conflict with i-boats policy.<br /><br /> http://www.marine-hardware.co.uk/acatalog/Sea_Screw_Catalogue_Marine_Cable__Tinned__66.html <br /><br /> http://www.copper-cable.co.uk/products.php?dosearch=1&searchtype=product&searchfields[ID]=34 <br /><br />Aldo

 

[imported_Curmudgeon]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

ANCOR ...

 

[Nos4r2]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

Cheers Rabbit and dunaruna-found what I need now.

 

[18rabbit]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

Originally posted by Old Curmudgeon:<br /> ANCOR ...

Ancor does not make any wire.<br />Ancor does not make any connectors.<br />Ancor does not make any tools.<br /><br />Somewhere in the backroom at Ancor is a bunch of exploited squirrels with piles and piles of ‘Ancor’ stickers, adhering those stickers to OEM product, to be resold at excessively high prices. Find the source of the product and buy the Ancor equivalent for much less money, but without an Ancor sticker. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for the sake of the squirrels!!!

 

[Realgun]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

I found the crimper it looks exactly the same but it does not have the 50% of the cost Ancor engraving on it. <br />So far so good. I love a beautiful crimp!

 

[18rabbit]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

I posted in another thread that Ancor’s $70 crimper is available for $23 from Del City Wire, a sister-company owned by the same parent company that owns Ancor. Lots of other ‘same-as-Ancor’ stuff at Del City Wire for a fraction of the Ancor cost. Del City Wire has extraordinary service.<br /><br />BTW, that same ratchet crimper is sold by several different companies. It is a generic crimper this is imported as parts and assembled by whomever and sold as ‘made by’ by whomever put it together. Should be ‘assembled by’. I am told there is a smorgasbord of dies available for it. I'll find the link and post back here.

 

[Homerr]

Re: What is the trade name or technical name for tinned flexible wire?

Speaking of this 'tinned wire', I never knew anything about it being 'marine grade' until I had to re-wire for my new trolling motor...<br /><br />Funny thing is... When I worked for Marlin boats in the late 80's, they didn't use the tinned wire. <br /><br />I don't think my '01 Bayliner has it either.<br /><br />Is the tinned wire a new requirement, or has it always been around? <br /><br />Maybe I'm wrong... I dunno. <br />When I think of 'tinned' wire, I visualize a ight solder-coated inner conductor.<br /><br />H.