Wires, Cables and Cords Distributed By Area51
Area51 has the solutions to all your electronics needs. Wires, cables and cords are an absolute necessity to carry electricity to where you need it to be in all your electronic applications. Area51 has several different lines of cable available to you and will provide you with custom service to handle your specific needs. They carry the following lines of wires, cables and cords, including: ALPHA WIRE, AVERYDENNISON, BELDEN, GENERAL CABLE, HELLERMANN TYTON, MARINCO, RAYCHEM/TYCO, and VOLEX.
Electrical wires and electronic wires at their most basic are simply insulated conductors used for the travel of electricity from one point to another. Originally, in the early days of electricity, wiring was merely a bare electrical conductor that were haphazardly insulated (usually with cloth or cloth tape, sometimes soaked in pitch), if they were insulated at all. This use of wiring quickly gained the reputation of being very dangerous because of the risk of electrocution and fire.
Today’s wires come in a multitude of sizes that are measured by the standard of different wire gauges. The conducting material that is used for wires has typically been copper, but wiring has also been made of aluminum from time to time through history, when the price of copper wiring was exceedingly high. Today, many wires are made of advanced thermoplastics, which are high molecular weight polymers that are low cost and are excellent conductors. Wiring is surrounded by insulating materials to prevent fire and electrocution. Wire insulation typically consists of plastic or rubber-style polymers.
Most wiring comes in two basic types. Solid wire, also known as solid core wire, is made up of a single piece of metal wire. It is cheaper to make than the alternative, stranded wire. Stranded wire is made up of smaller gauge wires bundled together to create a larger conductor. They are typically used in small signal applications. Stranded wiring has other advantages besides just being cheaper to produce. It is also more flexible than a solid core wire of the same equivalent wire gauge. Litz wire, a special type of stranded wire consisting of thin, individually insulated wires possess more surface area than solid wiring and thus, exhibits less power loss when used for applications involving high frequency electrical currents. This makes Litz wire stranded wiring perfect for the coils of an inductor in high frequency tuned circuits.
Electrical cables were a wiring innovation that was introduced in 1922. The excessive cost of the installation of separate electrical conductor wires, rather than an individual cable gave rise to their widespread use in the 1940s.
An electrical cable consists of multiple wires or optical fibers, individually insulated, bound together, and sharing a protective jacket that surrounds them. There are also combination cables that contain both wiring and optical fibers, for applications that call for them. Modern cables, such as nonmetallic sheathed cables are made up of multiple thermoplastic insulated wires bundled with a bare ground wire and housed in a flexible plastic sheath. Heavy duty industrial and power cables use synthetic polymer insulation due to the moisture resistant qualities necessary for these cables that reside underground. Insulated cables are industry rated by the total operating voltage allowed and the conductor’s maximum surface operating temperature. Individual cables often have multiple ratings for different usage applications, such as a rating for dry conditions and a separate rating for wet conditions.
Its important to note that when cables and cords are used in applications involving sensitive electronics, keeping undesirable electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) from affecting electronic circuits is crucial. Passive shielding surrounding the cable helps to reduce this effect. Running a cable in a separate enclosure apart from other wires that may cause noise interference is another way of reducing this effect. One of the most sophisticated ways may be the use of an inductor known as a choke, which inhibits a cables’ capability for conducting a specific frequency. Cables that are constructed in the twisted pair technique utilize two conductors that are wound together by twisting them together. This type of cable construction is effective for canceling out EMI from outside sources and cross talk from wires in close proximity.
There are numerous different types of cables for the numerous different types of applications in which they are needed.
Coaxial cable is an electrical cable that is used as a high frequency transmission line to carry signals such as a broadband signal. Coaxial cable consists of a conducting wire, that is surrounded by an insulating spacer, which is then surrounded by a conducting sheath and then the entire cable is then surrounded by a last layer of insulating layer.
Multicore cables are a cable that consists of multiple individually shielded pair cables that are all surrounded by one outer rubber jacket. Some multicore cables may combine different types of cables for multiple signals. These are known as composite multicore cables. Within one composite multicore cable, there could be coaxial cables for high frequency transmissions, twisted pair cables for data, and cables powering devices.
Optical fibers are special filaments that are sometimes built into cables. Optical fibers consist of glass or plastic and are designed to allow the travel of light within the fiber along its path. Optical fibers allow the transmission of digital data at the highest of rates quickly and over long distances.
A ribbon cable is a wide, flat cable that has numerous conductors that run parallel to each other. Ribbon cables are typically used for the internal peripherals in computer applications. They are color coded to easily identify the conductors in order to prevent hardware damage that can result from plugging in a ribbon cable in the incorrect manner.
A cord is a common term that can be synonymous with a cable, or it could also be used to refer to a power cord, electrical cord or extension cord as well. A power cord, also known as a mains cable is a cable that provides a non permanent connection between an electrical or electronic device and an electrical power source. They typically utilize a power plug, which is a 2 or 3 prong male connector, that plugs into a single phase AC power source. An extension cord is a term that typically is used to refer to a power cable with a plug on one end and one or more sockets on the other end that is usually used in utility type situations in which an AC power source is at a distance where an electrical or electronic device’s own power cord is not long enough to reach. The term electrical cord is typically used colloquially to refer to either type of cord.
Electrical wires and electronic wires at their most basic are simply insulated conductors used for the travel of electricity from one point to another. Originally, in the early days of electricity, wiring was merely a bare electrical conductor that were haphazardly insulated (usually with cloth or cloth tape, sometimes soaked in pitch), if they were insulated at all. This use of wiring quickly gained the reputation of being very dangerous because of the risk of electrocution and fire.
Today’s wires come in a multitude of sizes that are measured by the standard of different wire gauges. The conducting material that is used for wires has typically been copper, but wiring has also been made of aluminum from time to time through history, when the price of copper wiring was exceedingly high. Today, many wires are made of advanced thermoplastics, which are high molecular weight polymers that are low cost and are excellent conductors. Wiring is surrounded by insulating materials to prevent fire and electrocution. Wire insulation typically consists of plastic or rubber-style polymers.
Most wiring comes in two basic types. Solid wire, also known as solid core wire, is made up of a single piece of metal wire. It is cheaper to make than the alternative, stranded wire. Stranded wire is made up of smaller gauge wires bundled together to create a larger conductor. They are typically used in small signal applications. Stranded wiring has other advantages besides just being cheaper to produce. It is also more flexible than a solid core wire of the same equivalent wire gauge. Litz wire, a special type of stranded wire consisting of thin, individually insulated wires possess more surface area than solid wiring and thus, exhibits less power loss when used for applications involving high frequency electrical currents. This makes Litz wire stranded wiring perfect for the coils of an inductor in high frequency tuned circuits.
Electrical cables were a wiring innovation that was introduced in 1922. The excessive cost of the installation of separate electrical conductor wires, rather than an individual cable gave rise to their widespread use in the 1940s.
An electrical cable consists of multiple wires or optical fibers, individually insulated, bound together, and sharing a protective jacket that surrounds them. There are also combination cables that contain both wiring and optical fibers, for applications that call for them. Modern cables, such as nonmetallic sheathed cables are made up of multiple thermoplastic insulated wires bundled with a bare ground wire and housed in a flexible plastic sheath. Heavy duty industrial and power cables use synthetic polymer insulation due to the moisture resistant qualities necessary for these cables that reside underground. Insulated cables are industry rated by the total operating voltage allowed and the conductor’s maximum surface operating temperature. Individual cables often have multiple ratings for different usage applications, such as a rating for dry conditions and a separate rating for wet conditions.
Its important to note that when cables and cords are used in applications involving sensitive electronics, keeping undesirable electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) from affecting electronic circuits is crucial. Passive shielding surrounding the cable helps to reduce this effect. Running a cable in a separate enclosure apart from other wires that may cause noise interference is another way of reducing this effect. One of the most sophisticated ways may be the use of an inductor known as a choke, which inhibits a cables’ capability for conducting a specific frequency. Cables that are constructed in the twisted pair technique utilize two conductors that are wound together by twisting them together. This type of cable construction is effective for canceling out EMI from outside sources and cross talk from wires in close proximity.
There are numerous different types of cables for the numerous different types of applications in which they are needed.
Coaxial cable is an electrical cable that is used as a high frequency transmission line to carry signals such as a broadband signal. Coaxial cable consists of a conducting wire, that is surrounded by an insulating spacer, which is then surrounded by a conducting sheath and then the entire cable is then surrounded by a last layer of insulating layer.
Multicore cables are a cable that consists of multiple individually shielded pair cables that are all surrounded by one outer rubber jacket. Some multicore cables may combine different types of cables for multiple signals. These are known as composite multicore cables. Within one composite multicore cable, there could be coaxial cables for high frequency transmissions, twisted pair cables for data, and cables powering devices.
Optical fibers are special filaments that are sometimes built into cables. Optical fibers consist of glass or plastic and are designed to allow the travel of light within the fiber along its path. Optical fibers allow the transmission of digital data at the highest of rates quickly and over long distances.
A ribbon cable is a wide, flat cable that has numerous conductors that run parallel to each other. Ribbon cables are typically used for the internal peripherals in computer applications. They are color coded to easily identify the conductors in order to prevent hardware damage that can result from plugging in a ribbon cable in the incorrect manner.
A cord is a common term that can be synonymous with a cable, or it could also be used to refer to a power cord, electrical cord or extension cord as well. A power cord, also known as a mains cable is a cable that provides a non permanent connection between an electrical or electronic device and an electrical power source. They typically utilize a power plug, which is a 2 or 3 prong male connector, that plugs into a single phase AC power source. An extension cord is a term that typically is used to refer to a power cable with a plug on one end and one or more sockets on the other end that is usually used in utility type situations in which an AC power source is at a distance where an electrical or electronic device’s own power cord is not long enough to reach. The term electrical cord is typically used colloquially to refer to either type of cord.
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