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What is the purpose of paper in electricl wire? 2
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Depends.
Two main reasons.
1) Really old wire: It was used as THE insulation.
2) Newer stuff it is used as filler to make the assembled cable correctly round or Romex properly shaped to prevent kinking and provide filler as the jacket material is laid on. Otherwise the bare copper wire would be too small a surface to physically tie the two main conductors together with jacketing.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-
Two main reasons.
1) Really old wire: It was used as THE insulation.
2) Newer stuff it is used as filler to make the assembled cable correctly round or Romex properly shaped to prevent kinking and provide filler as the jacket material is laid on. Otherwise the bare copper wire would be too small a surface to physically tie the two main conductors together with jacketing.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-
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All of the above solutions are correct but it is also used to identify the manufacturing batch if there is any problem with the product. Similar identification schemes use a few stands twisted cotton of controlled colours. Rope makers came up with this one decades ago.
MacGyverS2000
Electrical
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