I have some Gray laced phone cable that pre-dates plastic cover.
The wire is solid. I'd say it is a 25 pair.

I have other cables that are grey (Navy) colors - into 25 pair
connectors - as patch cables...

My wire boxes go on and on. Now 150' Cat5 Plenum in a box as well.
I love my High current - 1/2" and 1/4" '1000' strand soft copper wire. I
used it on very high current power supplies. (and short lengths on my
2-M R-C glider that I used to fly in North Ca.

One never knows when a cable or wire might be needed. Sometimes an
exotic one works just nice.

Martin

On 11/12/2016 5:46 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:41:36 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 08:46:05 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
Did you wear out a number-style label maker? I hated old Mercenary's
Bends (IIRC) repairs because of the numbered wires. Man, that was a
crispy old memory. Crap like this:
http://www.linkbelt.com/lit/images/p...ive_Wiring.jpg

I used the Brady printed labels, and covered them with clear heat
shrink.

I see. The expensive, time-consuming, and proper way.


Our military used the same method long ago.

And I remember cringing as a kid, when I saw the phone repairman with
the big fat bundle of tiny wires all splayed out.


The new FAA building at Ft Rucker, Al. had a phone room on each
floor, with 1200 pairs, and walls covered with 66 blocks. That was over
40 years ago. 20 years later, they would have needed under 100 pair,
each with a SLIC for up to 16 lines.

You must be a very patient guy, Mikey.


The color coding was easy to learn.

Easier than resistor color codes?


I repaired a lot of 1A2 phone
systems. I still have a few hundred feet of 25 pair cable, somewhere
around here.

Consider selling it as ANTIQUE. You'll be rich!

Ive got at least 1 500 foot roll of 25 pair...maybe 2


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