[kwlug-disc] (question) Where to get cheap/free 22AWG solid wires

[Ron Singh]

Hah! your source for wire is the same as mine!
And my needs are pretty much identical.

William(and others), I am after the same as you.

If anyone has a source of rolls of this stuff, ideally in
red/green/black/yellow and would like to have someone split the rolls, I am
all game, I would take up to 500ft of each color. Also looking for
same/similar gauge, 22ga, 20ga, 18ga in naked copper wire and enamelled
copper.

Also William, if you want some dead UPSes to harvest wires and trannies,
sing out as we have a bunch to e-waste and I could get them to you. Lots of
good inductors and relays on these too.

*Ron S.*


On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> (Double posted, so reply to your list)
>
> Anyone know where to get cheap/free 22AWG solid wires?  This is for
> breadboards, headers on embedded boards, short test leads, etc.  It would
> be nice if they come color coded and bundled, but singles are okay.
>
> FYI, this is where I get my supply of cheap/free wires:
>
>    1. 18AWG -- Old ATX power supply has lots of color coded 18AWG
>    stranded wires.  *Con*: Their plastics insulation melts too easily
>    compared to other wires that you'd buy separately.
>    2. 24AWG -- Old network cable has 4 pairs of 24AWG solid/stranded
>    wires, nicely bundled.
>    3. 24AWG -- Old phone cable has 2,4,6 solid wires, nicely bundled.
>    24AWG (I think).
>
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