I am in the process of rewiring a bunch of Street lights and replacing the bulbs with Surface mounted devices (SMD) light emitting diodes (LED), and for this purpose I will need some very small solid wire about 1/64th, 2/64 with insulation. I had a sample that came on a LED with a rectifier bridge, I used the extra lenght and it worked perfectly. Does anyone know where I could possibly get this kind of wire. I rather not use magnet wires. Many Thanks
Richard
Do you think wire used to connect decoders would be thin enough? Litchfield Station has some 30g wire at the link below:
http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/home.php?cat=171
Good luck!
You might try some wire that is used for "wire wrap" circuit building. It is solid copper about 30 G with polyethylene insulation. I think that it still available. You could try Mauser or Digikey.
Joe
Not sure what you mean by 'magnet wire'. Here are some DigiKey offerings that should meet your needs. I have dealt with them many times and their service is great.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll
Dave
Edit - sorry I can't seem to post the right link. In the above catalogue index, look under 'cable/wire' for 'Wire Wrap' and filter through the offerings. I selected '.010", 'roll' and then 'white'. There is a 50' roll for $9.97 CDN.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Radio shack has wire wrap wire (30 gauge) that will work fine.
http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=30%20gauge%20wire&origkw=30%20gauge%20wire&sr=1
Springfield PA
Sonds like a fun project. SMD LED's are great, the only problem is once you get a hang of wiring them, you never want to stop using them!
Why do you want to stay away from magnet wire? I wish someone would have told me about this stuff sooner. I find it much easier to solder, and easy to hide. I'm hooked on that as well! ;)
BTW, I think Ngineering or Miniatronics offers what your looking for.