Various gauges of stranded wire with stripped ends.

Various gauges of stranded wire with stripped ends. The strands in this picture are tinned copper.

We carry stranded hook-up wire in an assortment of gauges and colors:

Alternatives available with variations in these parameter(s): wire gauge color Select variant…

Stranded wire is more flexible than solid wire and is good for projects where you need the wire to be able to bend. The strands are made of copper, and they might be tinned, which makes them look silver. The pictures to the right show untinned and tinned strands.

The wire ships on small plastic spools in lengths that depend on the gauge (see the table below for more information). One side of the spool includes a tab with a slot that can be used for hanging.

You should have a good wire stripping and cutting tool handy if you are going to get a spool of wire like this. If you want to make your own cables, you can crimp connectors to the ends, such as our male and female crimp pins for 0.1″ housings (please make sure your crimping tool and crimp pins work with the gauge of wire you select).

These wires conform to the UL 1007 specification. The following table provides more details about the wire composition and dimensions:

Wire gauge (AWG)	Strand count	Strand diameter (mm / mil)	Area (mm²)	Avg. Insulation thickness (mm / mil)	Outer diameter (mm / in)	Length per spool (m / ft)
20	26	0.160 / 6.30	0.52	0.38 / 15	1.8 / 0.071	12 / 40
	21	0.177 / 7.00
22	17	0.160 / 6.30	0.33	0.38 / 15	1.6 / 0.063	15 / 50
24	11	0.160 / 6.30	0.21	0.38 / 15	1.4 / 0.055	18 / 60
26	7	0.160 / 6.30	0.13	0.38 / 15	1.3 / 0.051	21 / 70
28	7	0.127 / 5.00	0.081	0.38 / 15	1.2 / 0.047	27 / 90
30	7	0.101 / 3.97	0.051	0.38 / 15	1.1 / 0.043	30 / 100

The following video talks about some of our various wire and cable options:

People often buy this product together with:

Stranded Wire: Black, 28 AWG, 90 Feet

Stranded Wire: Yellow, 28 AWG, 90 Feet

Stranded Wire: Green, 28 AWG, 90 Feet