Single core and stranded connecting wire
The single core wire is used for making connections on a circuit board
The stranded wire is more flexible and is used for connections off the circuit board.
Four core fibre optic cable.
Note the orange outer plastic coat and the yellow Kevlar filling.
The four fibres and coated in different coloured plastic.
Optical fibres with their plastic coating removed.
The green fibre has had the outer plastic coating removed
leaving the glass fibre covered with a thin sheath.
The orange fibre has had all of the coatings removed
leaving just the 62.5 micron glass fibre.
Cat 5 cable .
Note the four pairs of twisted wires.
The white nylon cord running through the cable can also be seen.
Note the various layers within the coaxial cable.
Ribbon cable.
Used for making multiple connections between circuits.
Note the multiple connector plugs on this ribbon cable.
The ribbon cable connecting the print head to the printer.
The connections on the right were for the printer cartridge.
A fibre patch cable.
Note the SC connectors on the ends.
A SC connector with blue light shining along the fibre.
Double cotton covered wire.
The cotton coating formed the insulator.
Overhead telephone cable.