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  2. Home wiring - Wikipedia

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    The layout of lighting in the home must consider control of lighting since this affects the wiring. For example, multiway switching is useful for corridors and stairwells so that a light can be turned on and off from two locations. Outdoor yard lighting, and lighting for outbuildings such as garages may use switches inside the home.

  3. Electrical wiring - Wikipedia

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    In Austria, wires were concealed by embedding a rubber tube in a groove in the wall, plastering over it, then removing the tube and pulling wires through the cavity. [ 15 ] Metal moulding systems, with a flattened oval section consisting of a base strip and a snap-on cap channel, were more costly than open wiring or wooden moulding, but could ...

  4. Mains electricity - Wikipedia

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    Minimum wire size for hand-held or portable equipment is usually restricted by the mechanical strength of the conductors. Many areas, such as the US, which use (nominally) 120 V, make use of three-wire, split-phase 240 V systems to supply large appliances. In this system a 240 V supply has a centre-tapped neutral to give two 120 V supplies ...

  5. Aluminum building wiring - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the annealing grade, AA-8176 may elongate up to 30% with less springback effect and possesses a higher yield strength (19.8 ksi or 137 MPa, for a cold-worked AA-8076 wire). [citation needed] A home with aluminum wiring installed prior to the mid-1970s (as the stock of pre-1972 aluminum wire was permitted to be used up) likely has ...

  6. Copper conductor - Wikipedia

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    Most often, magnetic wire is composed of fully annealed, electrolytically refined copper to allow closer winding when making electromagnetic coils. The wire is coated with a range of polymeric insulations, including varnish , rather than the thicker plastic or other types of insulation commonly used on electrical wire. [ 5 ]

  7. Tinsel wire - Wikipedia

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    Tinsel wire is a type of electrical wire used for applications that require high mechanical flexibility but low current-carrying capacity. [1] Tinsel wire is commonly used in cords of telephones, handsets, headphones, and small electrical appliances. It is far more resistant to metal fatigue failure than either stranded wire or solid wire.

  8. Archaeologists Thought They Found Wires Buried on a Farm. It ...

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    Seven inches beneath the floorboards of what was likely once a house for Viking slaves, a team of archaeologists found four heavy silver bracelets, all with different decorations, likely from over ...

  9. Wire - Wikipedia

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    Hook-up wire is small-to-medium gauge, solid or stranded, insulated wire, [11] used for making internal connections inside electrical or electronic devices. It is often tin-plated to improve solderability. Wire bonding is the application of microscopic wires for making electrical connections inside semiconductor components and integrated circuits.