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Feb. 14, 2012 7:42 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

Lots of places proclaim to sell it - but quality of the insulation is never even close to the stuff I pilfer by the armload from the junkyard. Places like digikey or Mouser (where I get a lot of smaller electronics and internal wire) don't make life easy for me.

I am making a nice new, from scratch harness and I'd like a variety of color, size and all of the same high quality. Where do you guys buy your wire?

(Matt from DIY Autotune... that was nice stuff in a variety of colors that came in the squirt harness - care to share a supplier?)
Feb. 14, 2012 7:56 a.m. mikeatrpi New Reader

Del-City

http://www.delcity.net/store/Wire-&-Cable/
Feb. 14, 2012 8:18 a.m. MG Bryan Dork

The electrical stuff I've bought from Pegasus was good quality. I'd love to know where I can get OEM grade wire for a reasonable price though.
Feb. 14, 2012 8:24 a.m. alfadriver SuperDork

MG Bryan wrote:

The electrical stuff I've bought from Pegasus was good quality. I'd love to know where I can get OEM grade wire for a reasonable price though.

I'd like to know that, and also where to get non single color options.

Pins and connectors are easy- molex sends engineering samples that are enough to wire a basic car. They've got every pin you can think of.
Feb. 14, 2012 8:27 a.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/megasquirt-3x-wiring-bundle-1239-long-p-452.html
Feb. 14, 2012 8:32 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

In reply to DILYSI Dave: I'm not looking for a megasquirt harness - I'm looking for rolls, in various sizes and colors, of the wire it is based upon.
Feb. 14, 2012 8:35 a.m. MG Bryan Dork

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

In reply to DILYSI Dave: I'm not looking for a megasquirt harness - I'm looking for rolls, in various sizes and colors, of the wire it is based upon.

http://www.awcwire.com/ProductSpec.aspx?id=Type-TXL

That?
Feb. 14, 2012 8:52 a.m. MadScientistMatt SuperDork

We use TXL grade. I'm not at liberty to say where we get the wire for our harnesses, bit of a trade secret - but I can tell you that if you want spools of plain solid colored wire, Waytek Wire is a good place to get them.

Or, go to a place that services overhead cranes or elevators and see if you can get a piece of cable that they use - both of them use high temperature stuff with a bunch of different colors.
Feb. 14, 2012 8:54 a.m. dinger Reader

Waytek Wire

Edit: Matt sniped me.
Feb. 14, 2012 1:48 p.m. tr8todd Reader

http://www.riwire.com/

Here ya go.
Feb. 14, 2012 2:07 p.m. Ranger50 Dork

Terminal Supply Company.

www.terminalsupplyco.com