The ultimate place to buy a variety of wire colors?

[Kevin Mitchell]

Hey gang. I'm working up a big project (as some of you know) and was hoping I could source some specific wire colors. I'm looking for AWG-24 solid core striped wires (mostly white with a colored line on them) I need about 6 different striped wires and I'm not sure of a reliable source that sells them.

Of course I could get around this or neglect the consistency of my project. But I'd like to know my options and what the pricing looks like. I just don't know where to look right now!

FIY - this project consists of about 16 different wire colors 

[Kevin Mitchell]

Maybe I'd be better off putting together a rig with a sharpie that draws a line down the wires as it spools through. That might seem unnecessary but I'm just weighing out my options.

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Darn! If you didn't need solid core then I could hook you up perfectly.

Good luck with the search 

[Kevin Mitchell]

Darn! If you didn't need solid core then I could hook you up perfectly.

Good luck with the search 

Woah woah hey now. Do share   

[italianguy63]

Sounds like you need the guts of CAT5 network wire.

MC

[PRR]

Yes. CAT5/6 is eight different colors, really four pair. It is super cheap in 500 foot reels. If you know the right people, pedal-size scraps are free. In-wall CAT cable is solid, patch-cable is stranded.

[boppy100]

Note that a lot of patch cables are copper clad aluminum, and for me have been more fragile than solid

[PMowdes]

Which side of the pond?

[italianguy63]

Yes. CAT5/6 is eight different colors, really four pair. It is super cheap in 500 foot reels. If you know the right people, pedal-size scraps are free. In-wall CAT cable is solid, patch-cable is stranded.

8 colors... 4 will be white with stripes, the other 4 solid color.  Brown, Orange, Blue, Green...

MC

[Kevin Mitchell]

Which side of the pond?

US

One wouldn't think finding specific wire colors would be so difficult 

Allot of the CAT5 wire photos I'm seeing are two solid colored wires twined together.

[italianguy63]

[Kevin Mitchell]

Oh. One solid and one with a colored strip. My bad 

I just split a network cable from the storage closet. I didn't realize how thin 24 gauge wiring was  (~.5mm!!!)

Well... that's 8 colors I could use. Thanks guys!

[Kevin Mitchell]

Now I know what to look for. Alpha Wire seems to manufacture what I need though it's more than $25 for a spool of 100ft. I do not need that much! 25ft each would likely be too much as well.

I'm looking around for these colors;
(these 4 I can find in the network cables)
W/GREEN
W/BROWN
W/BLUE
W/ORANGE

W/YELLOW
W/RED
W/GRAY
w/BLACK
w/VIOLET

[thermionix]

You can buy an old Moog synth and just rob the wires out of that. 

[Kevin Mitchell]

You can buy an old Moog synth and just rob the wires out of that. 

[Kevin Mitchell]

Seems it's more trouble than it's worth to be so consistent. I'll learn to live with it 

[italianguy63]

I could probably find you that-- but solid colors... not striped.

[Kevin Mitchell]

I could probably find you that-- but solid colors... not striped.

I've found a multitude of sources for colored 24 gauge wires. It's the white ones with a colored stripe that are the nail biter.

[italianguy63]

I'm going to my surplus place on Jan. 4th... I will look for you.

If I find it, how many feet do you need?
MC

[PRR]

https://www.seeedstudio.com/Rainbow-GPIO-Ribbon-Cable-Wire-for-Raspberry-Pi-p-1500.html
http://www.surplussales.com/Wire-Cable/ribbon.html
https://www.discount-low-voltage.com/Cable/Cat3-Telephone-Wire-Cable/BC3PL10024WHCO
https://www.showmecables.com/89-150-130