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Ok. Thanks Jared.  I will see what I can find from some of the electrical
shops.

How low is low?  Anywhere from -30 to -40 Celsius.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jared Sherman" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: Electrical Wire


> Robert-
>  If this is just one wire, using the instrument itself as the return, the
> only other thing that comes to mind would be silicon or hypalon insulated
> wire. It sounds like this is an external power wire...something like the
one
> C&P have coming out of the battery handle on the regular sextants?
>  There's also fiberglass-jacketed wire, designed to be used in heating
> equipment. Not really "flexible" but that might work for you, sometimes
> short runs can be found inexpensively as surplus, very durable against
wear,
> and it won't crack in the cold either.
>  Fully tinned stranded wire will be the most important thing, in any case.
>
>  If you need two-wire, sometimes you can get a nice telephone or
instrument
> conecting wire that uses hair-fine copper interwoven with fiber strands,
so
> it is very light and flexible. Telephone handset cords are often made that
> way, but that's a very light guage wire, can't take a lot of power, and of
> course a lot of cheap stuff floods the market now.
>
> 
>  How low is low, btw?
>
>

   

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