Specialist wire and cable suppliers
- ANTIQUE ELECTRONIC SUPPLY, 6221 S. Maple Avenue,
Tempe, AZ 85283, USA. Fabric-covered loudspeaker wire, other hook-up
wire. Elaborate 32-page catalogue free, mail order a speciality, credit
cards taken.
- COASTAL CONCEPTS, 407 Ridge Court, Kohler, WI
53044, USA. Litz wire in various gauges. Credit card orders taken.
- CHRISTOPER WRAY LIGHTING LTD., 591-593 Kings
Road, London SW6 2YW and 199 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H
8JR and 62 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5JM and 206 Topsham
Road, Exeter. A good source for gold fabric covered mains cables and
much more.
- The COAX CONNECTION, Joe Cassata KA9CAI 10S226
Meadow Ln, Naperville, Il 60564, USA . Range includes magnet wire.
- Ben DIJKMAN & CO. Europe's premier source for
specialist and hard-to-find repro parts for vintage radios, particularly
Philips. Cabinet backs, knobs, cables, speaker fabrics, badges, and
dial glasses are all available here.
- FLEXFORM "The Manufacturing Company of Harpers
Ltd." can supply most kinds of period mains cables, fittings, mains
sockets, ceiling roses etc.
- KERRIGAN LEWIS WIRE PRODUCTS, 4421 West Rice
Street, Chicago, IL 60651, USA. Their catalogue lists a wide range of
sizes and also has some interesting technical information on Litz wire.
If you ask for a catalogue be sure to also ask for the Technical Tips
bulletin 'Soldering of Litz wire'.
- LAMPS AND LIGHTS Ltd. The Commercial Centre,
6A Green End, Comberton, Cambridge. An internet business that supplies
various colours of braided flex made in the UK to the highest British
Standards. Used by Radio and Lighting restorers around the UK and beyond.
Web site: www.lampsandlights.co.uk
- MIDCO, PO Box 2288, Hollywood, FL 33022, USA.
Cotton-covered wire in small gauges.
- MODERN RADIO LABS, Box 14902, Minneapolis, MN
55414-0902, USA. Cotton-covered wire in small gauges.
- RADIO DAZE, 7 Assembly Drive, Mendon, NY 14506,
USA. Cloth-covered starnded and solid hook-up wire (20 gauge) and mains
cable (twin 18 gauge).
- RHODE ISLAND WIRING SERVICE, Box 434, West Kingston,
RI 02892, USA. Radio cables made to order.
- SCIENTIFIC WIRE COMPANY, 18 Raven Road, London,
E18 1HB. Wide range of bare, enamelled and plated wires, also Litz and
manganin wires.
- STIFFKEY LAMP SHOP, Stiffkey, Wells-Next-Sea,
NR23 1AJ. Fabric-covered mains cable (looks better than PVC-sheathed
flex on vintage receivers but has modern blue, brown, yellow-green wires
inside). Available in two colours, gold and dark brown; the conductors
are twisted and each has its own fabric covering.
- WIRECOM Inc., Box 2569, Asheville, North Carolina
28802, USA. Coax, solid and stranded 'antenna wire', related connectors,
insulators, magnet wire.
- WIRES.CO.UK, 18 Raven Road, South Woodford,
London, E18 1HW. Craft wires, resistance wires, enamelled wire, tinned
wire... you name it - they've got it.
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