Repost from last nite: Anyone with knowledge of EE-8 field phones - help.

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I need to connect two EE-8 field phones, 500 feet apart. What type or size of wire should I use. Wire will be run outside, above ground. I am only concerned about good transmission of voice. Not concerned about longevity of wire life. Thank you.

-- enough is (enough@enough.com), December 29, 1999

Answers

enough is: In my youth, I was the "grunt" in a USMC 105How Battery who had to run the wire for those field phones. For the life of me I don't remember the gauge, BUT, I have seen rolls of the stuff at Army- Navy type stores before. Sorry I couldn't help you more.

-- Neil G.Lewis (pnglewis1@yahoo.com), December 29, 1999.

Almost any two conductor cable will do. Ordinary lamp cord will work fine

-- Roy (bushwacker @ north woods.com), December 29, 1999.

As noted above, ordinary lamp cord (also called "zip" cord) will do fine. You can get big rolls of it at any radio shack. as to the thickness, the thicker, the better. The .mil uses thin stuff (probably 20ga or higher) simply because it is cheaper and lighter. For the distance you want, a roll of regular zip should work fine. You should also be able to get the stuff at an electrical supply store or Home depot-type store. Oh yeah, speaker wire will also do the trick. If you do zip cord, make sure you can tell the polarity (one of the two wires should have a stripe painted on it). If you reverse the wires so terminal "a" on one phone is hooked to terminal "b" on the other one, you won't hear anything (if I remember correctly)

-- Little Pig (littlepig@brickhouse.com), December 29, 1999.

20Ga. is the standard that we used. The nice thing is we had it on a 1/2 kilometer to 1 klic roll. (Hell of a thing to have to roll up and clean after each use though,)

-- Billy Boy (Rakkasan101st@Aol.com), December 29, 1999.

Thank you all for your input. This site has a wealth of fine minds mixed with a neighborly spirit. Hats off to you all.

-- enough is (enough@enough.com), December 29, 1999.


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