Barry Broskowitz posted:Greg,
The DCS signal travels on the surface of the wire.
Practical experience has shown that stranded wire applications tend to perform better than solid core ones. Although this is not scientific, if one were to compare the surface area of stranded and solid wire of the same gauge the stranded wire would have a slightly greater overall surface area due to the “bumps” in the outer surface of the wire stands. This could provide a marginally greater surface area for carrying the DCS signal.
Regardless, stranded wire is much easier with which to work, having greater flexibility than a solid wire of the same gauge.
Greg- I second Barry's comments. Stranded wire has a greater surface area for the signal to travel over, lowers the resistance and therefore improves the signal strength.
Bob
