PVC vs. Cloth vs. Teflon.
PVC is the most common and is probably what you are used to seeing in
radios and other electronic gadgets.
Teflon is a bit thinner in diameter and has a smooth feel to it and is
harder than PVC. You can push a fingernail
into PVC. That would be much harder to do with Teflon wire. The
major technical difference that you might be concerned with is this:
Teflon will not melt under normal circumstances so you can go to town
with your soldering iron and not cause any damage (to your wire anyway).
PVC wire will begin to loose shape and eventually melt if you are
excessive with your heating.
If you are soldering properly this should not be an issue.
Our cloth covered wire has an insulated sleeve between
the wire and the cloth. The cloth can become scorched if over heated but that
usually isn't an issue.
I recommend using a nice sharp wire stripper with cloth wire. Otherwise you can
end up with some "straggly" ends.
What do I use? I use different wire depending on the project. Whatever suites
the current amp the best. Vintage Fender type amps get the cloth wire,
modern hybrid type amps get the teflon wire and everything else in between gets
PVC. Bottom line.....They all work fine so just build the damn amp ☺
Ken |