Southwire 64169622 5 Conductor 18/5 Thermostat Wire, 18-Gauge Solid Review

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I was upgrading my thermostat which required more conductors than were previously run with the old cable. The cable was as advertised and at a good price. Wires were easy to strip and I didn't have any problems pulling it through the wall. The 50' length was sufficient for my needs. Note that this is a low voltage thermostat wire intended for low voltage HVAC systems. Mine was 24 volts AC.

Southwire is a brand I've seen in different stores and appears to be a quality brand of wire.

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I used this to replace an ancient two-wire thermostat "cable" that was left in place after our old furnace and thermostat were upgraded. With the additional conductors, the thermostat now has a functioning "Fan" button, and it's also powered by the furnace, eliminating the need for batteries.

My local hardware store sells comparable 18/3 cable for 49 cents a foot, so this 18/5 is quite reasonably priced.

The cable's outer jacket isn't as tight as it appears in the illustration, and was easy to strip. There's actually a nylon fiber "ripcord" inside, much like you find in Ethernet cables.

The individual conductor insulation is thin (I can actually strip it with my thumbnail), but still adequate. The conductors don't seem brittle at all; they're nice solid copper.

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I read the other review to discover the length is 50 feet. When compared to other brands available on AMazon prime, which stated the wire was brittle, i went with this brand. It arrived on-time and worked well for my needs, as my new digital touchscreen thermostat needed a 5th lead "common wire". My standard AC/furnace unit only had 4 leads (red-power, green-fan, yellow-AC compressor and white-electric/gas heat). The 5th lead color is blue, which I made the common power lead to power the touchscreen.

The outer jacket is good. The individual lead insulation is thinner than my existing wire, but seemed to be adequate. The 4 stars is due to bad description not showing the 50 foot length & slightly thinner individual lead insualtion.

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It is exactly as it says it is. In my case, I needed one more strand but didn't realize it till I'd cut and run this. Fortunately, I had a single strand available, so now the AC unit and thermostat works just fine, and they communicate with each other as they should.

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Well made product with first class insulation. What more can I say? It conducts electrons. To the best of my knowledge none are lost or damaged in the process.