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Title: insulation "tubing" for transistor leads
Post by: MarkL on January 19, 2019, 06:56:16 PM
Looking at the guts of some vintage Tonebender clones out there, I see the leads are insulated by colorful tubing that doesn't look like heatshrink tubing, or like the insultion stripped from regular hookup wire.  Anybody know what this stuff is called, and where I could find some?
Title: Re: insulation "tubing" for transistor leads
Post by: peterc on January 20, 2019, 06:06:28 PM
Hi Mark

I have used heat shrink in the past, but the non-shrinking stuff is called sleeving.

here is a link to give you some idea of what is available
https://za.rs-online.com/web/c/cables-wires/cable-accessories-ties-tools/cable-sleeves/?searchTerm=sleeving
Peter
Title: Re: insulation "tubing" for transistor leads
Post by: dan.schumaker on January 20, 2019, 06:32:15 PM
I think it also goes by Spaghetti tubing.  Its used a lot in amp building too (think like Soldano amps).

https://www.awcwire.com/producttoc.aspx?id=ptfe-spaghetti-tubing (https://www.awcwire.com/producttoc.aspx?id=ptfe-spaghetti-tubing)
Title: Re: insulation "tubing" for transistor leads
Post by: MarkL on January 21, 2019, 10:47:06 PM
Thanks so much guys.  This will make it SO much easier on me than all the second-guessing wire stripping I've been doing!
Title: Re: insulation "tubing" for transistor leads
Post by: Manc on February 08, 2019, 09:42:48 AM
I use bits of the insulation of stranded wire. Works pretty well and I get to recycle those bits of wire too short for other applications (the insulation at least).
Title: Re: insulation "tubing" for transistor leads
Post by: czapa tranzystor 2 on February 08, 2019, 12:18:28 PM
MarkL greetings from Poland. ::)