New source (oops, not less...) for 36awg insulated flex wire

[Lemosteam]

Up until now, TCS was the only a source for this very fine wire diameter.

I purchased some from a US based seller on the bay and contacted him to see if he would offer 20 foot lengths in each standard decoder color.  Right now he has listings for blue, black red green and white and is contacting his source for the other colors for less than 1/2 the TCS price, which is $40+- AND free shipping which TCS overcharges for wire IMHO.

Thought some of you might be interested.  He also offers shorter pieces and multi-color packs too.

Here is the link to his shop:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/bosshall41/m.html?

[C855B]

Great find, John. Now we need to find a source of multiple colors in #36 magnet wire for stuffing down signal poles.

[RBrodzinsky]

ESU sells 36 AWG wire, carried by a number of retailers, including Streamlined Backshop and MBK. Comes in 10m packages, in White, Purple, Black, Red, Orange, Green, Grey Yellow, Brown and Blue.

[peteski]

Thanks for the info John.  And I thought that the prices DC manufacturers charge for few feet of wire were outrageous. That eBay seller's prices are out of this world!  $11 for 20 inches!  Are you fu#@*n serious!?!?  I also realize that the prices are due to this wire being sold for turntables (not the RR type, but vinyl record players). The latest audio Hi-Fi "thing".

Hmm.  I am sometimes questioning specs of the wire sold by the DCC manufacturers. I think that sometimes a 30AWG stranded wire is sold by them as 36AWG wire.   I have wire from TCS, Digitrax, ESU, Brawa and I think couple of others. Some wire is identified as 36 while others as 30 AWG.  I have not tried to measure the wire diameter because it is difficult to do with stranded wire. How do you keep the strands in a proper shape for measuring?  Twist and tin maybe? But won't the twisting and tinning affect the diameter?

[Lemosteam]

Great find, John. Now we need to find a source of multiple colors in #36 magnet wire for stuffing down signal poles.

I have a dual roll of red and green that is 38awg from Ngineering I think. A run under a permanent marker could change the color quickly to black, or maybe brown..

[Lemosteam]

Thanks for the info John.  And I thought that the prices DC manufacturers charge for few feet of wire were outrageous. That eBay seller's prices are out of this world!  $11 for 20 inches!  Are you fu#@*n serious!?!?  I also realize that the prices are due to this wire being sold for turntables (not the RR type, but vinyl record players). The latest audio Hi-Fi "thing".

Hmm.  I am sometimes questioning specs of the wire sold by the DCC manufacturers. I think that sometimes a 30AWG stranded wire is sold by them as 36AWG wire.   I have wire from TCS, Digitrax, ESU, Brawa and I think couple of others. Some wire is identified as 36 while others as 30 AWG.  I have not tried to measure the wire diameter because it is difficult to do with stranded wire. How do you keep the strands in a proper shape for measuring?  Twist and tin maybe? But won't the twisting and tinning affect the diameter?

Pete, you realize I wrote twenty FEET right?  So this is less than $1 per foot.   That is an outstanding price compared to TCS for 36awg insulated wire. TCS wants $41 for the same length this seller wants.

Here is the link to the TCS product page for the 36awg wire:

http://www.tcsdcc.com/Zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=29_44

[peteski]

Pete, you realize I wrote twenty FEET right?  So this is less than $1 per foot.   That is an outstanding price compared to TCS for 36awg insulated wire. TCS wants $41 for the same length this seller wants.

LOL, I brought up the seller's store and I guess I didn't scroll down past the ultra-expensive wires on the top of the list.   

[Lemosteam]

ESU sells 36 AWG wire, carried by a number of retailers, including Streamlined Backshop and MBK. Comes in 10m packages, in White, Purple, Black, Red, Orange, Green, Grey Yellow, Brown and Blue.

What are their prices @RBrodzinsky ?

[C855B]

I have a dual roll of red and green that is 38awg from Ngineering I think. A run under a permanent marker could change the color quickly to black, or maybe brown..

Good point. I have the same Ngineering wire floating somewhere around here. The marker thing is a  . I might try using a blue marker on the green and see how that works.

[RBrodzinsky]

At SBS, $4.74 per 10m coil http://store.sbs4dcc.com/esu-electronicsolutionsulm-14.aspx

At MBK $3.79 per 10m coil http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/DCC-Accessories-s/2421.htm?searching=Y&sort=3&cat=2421&show=30&page=1&brand=ESU

[peteski]

At SBS, $4.74 per 10m coil http://store.sbs4dcc.com/esu-electronicsolutionsulm-14.aspx

At MBK $3.79 per 10m coil http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/DCC-Accessories-s/2421.htm?searching=Y&sort=3&cat=2421&show=30&page=1&brand=ESU

10m is about 30 feet.

[Lemosteam]

Heck, how come none of those came up in ANY of my searches!

Those are great prices.  And it looks like the same image as on the ebay page.  Whelp, I already bought mine and the guy was kind enoough to make those listing especially for me.

Oh well.

[Lemosteam]

At SBS, $4.74 per 10m coil http://store.sbs4dcc.com/esu-electronicsolutionsulm-14.aspx

At MBK $3.79 per 10m coil http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/DCC-Accessories-s/2421.htm?searching=Y&sort=3&cat=2421&show=30&page=1&brand=ESU

thanks!