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If you look at all the electrical devices in your home - lamps, toasters, telephones, ANYTHING - you will see that all the cords connecting them to their respective wall socket is made of stranded wire. This is done because stranded wire, as Jeff said above, is FLEXIBLE. If you make a cord from solid wire, it will eventually break.
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This is interesting. I was working on a job and notice all the new wiring they ran was stranded Typical of the quality wiring jobs you get these days. Hacker bought cheap wire off probably ebay and didn't have a clue. That stranded wire is for making patch cords, NOT premises wiring. You can't punch it down on the jacks or patch panel. It may work for awhile but it's going to be nothing but intermittent trouble. -Hal
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Ask the guys who ran the stranded wire if they have a license. Ask them if they know what "IDC" stands for. Shoot, ask them anything, and watch their eyes roll back into their concave foreheads.
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