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14 WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY
No. 84
CABLES FOR SWITCHBOARDS
The cables listed in the following tables are adapted for interior use ; but should not be used where
there is excessive dampness, since they are not provided with waterproof covering .
The conductors are provided with double silk and single cotton insulation which is colored in. such a
way that each pair and each single wire can be identified . The cable is protected from injury by a layer
of lead tape and a heavy braiding which enclose the conductors . The cable is given a heavy coat of gray
fireproofing paint .
The sizes of conductors are given in Brown and Sharpe gauge . No . 19 gauge wire in cables is used for
the central office wiring of toll talking circuits, and No . 14 or No . 16 wire for supplying battery current
to cord circuits, operator positions, lamp signals, etc .
The conductors in excess of the numbers mentioned in the columns for pairs and singles are provided
as spares to be used in case some of the regular wires in the cable are accidentally cut .
No . 16
Code
No .
Number of
Conductors
Number of
Pairs
Cable with Dry Core
Number of
Singles
WRITE FOR LIBERAL DISCOUNTS
Size
Inches Shape
List Price
Per Foot
16 64 20-No . 22 20-No . 22 32 x ~ Oval $0.22
24 43 20-No . 22 x ; 11 Oval .15
35 53 25-No . 22 x Oval .19
50 34 10-No . 22 10-No . 22 " 32 x Oval .13
59 71 34-No . 22 22 x 31-'s Oval .24
60 75 36-No . 22 - x Oval .25
62 63 30-No . 22 Sz x Oval .22
63 105 51-No . 22 ; Round .34
7
65 53 25-No . 19 x Oval .235
66 103 50-No . 22 4 Round .34
70 83 40-No . 22 22 x Oval .28
72 11 10-No . 19 Round .07
74 21 20-No . 22 2 Round .085
79 23 10-No . 22 2 x Oval .09
81 13 6-No . 22 is x Oval .06
84 64 20-No . 22 20-No . 22 116 x Oval .265
87 35 16-No . 22 x Oval .135
96 100 32-No . 22 32-No . 22 x 1 Oval .325
97 132 64-No . 22 a x 1 Oval .42
98 166 64-No . 22 32-No . 22 4 x 1 Oval .b25
100 84 40-No . 24 1 9 9 x Oval .24
105 64 20-No . 24 20-No . 24 2 x Oval .19
106 103 40-No . 22 20-No . 22 1 x s Oval .33
107 102 39-No . 22 19-No . 22 1 , x Oval .36
4-No . 16
108 94 36-No . 22 19-No . 22 1 x Oval .31
115 64 20-No . 19 20-No . 22 is x Oval .285
x
116 43 20-No . 19 x s Oval .225
317
119
120
83
103
64
20-No .
20-No .
50-No .
20-No .
19
22
19
24 20-No . 24
x
Rs. IX
1
4
Oval
Oval
.345
.b2
x Oval 121 53 10-No . 19
10-No . 22 ,s
.19
x 10-No . 22 )
4 Oval .22
122 25 10-No .
1-No .
22
14
s Round .12
123
124
125
126
127
45
65
23
43
33
20-No .
1-No .
30-No .
1-No .
10-No .
10-No .
10-No .
10-No .
22
14
22 1
14
19
19
19 10-No . 22
s
x
s
x 4
s
Round
Round
Oval
Oval
.19
.25
.13
.19
x Oval .16
Cable with Beeswaxed Core
39 35 16-No . 22 x Oval .135
118 154 20-No . 19 28-No . 22 x - Oval .60
40-No . 22