New home decoration or renovation is something that every family must go through. What kind of wire is good for house decoration?  Therefore, in our negotiations with wire and cable buyers or project contractor for hotel or restaurant , we found that they have a relatively large demand for best wire for house wiring, but they do not know much about how to choose a appropriate house wire.

Which aspects should a purchaser or project contractor consider in the procurement process? This article mainly explains how to choose a best wire for house wiring from 4 dimensions. The first is the safety of the wire, the second is the material, the third is the type of house wire, and the fourth is the purpose of the house wire.

The Safety of House Wire

Before purchasing a best wire for house wiring, you need to confirm that your supplier or wholesaler must have VDE certification. Generally, as long as the wire for house wiring is VDE certified, it can pass the quality. There is nothing wrong with following the VDE standard. Moreover, the instructions on each house wire should be very detailed. In addition, the best wire for house wiring produced by a excellent manufacturer should be marked with information from the production date, specific size and model, implementation standard to length, etc and the appearance should also be smooth and round with uniform color.

The Insulation and conductor material

The stiffness of the house wire is another important dimension you need to consider. The insulation and conductor of  wire for house wiring must be hard when you touch it with your hand. A best wire for house wiring should feel firm, not soft. Whether it is the material of the package or the quality inside, it must be firm enough to support it ! When you receive the the sample supplier send to you, cut it off, hold one end and hang the other end in the air and shake it slightly. A best wire for housing wire should have a certain degree of flexibility and will not bend because of the air.
The inner core material must be pure copper. Generally, household wires are made of pure copper (red copper), because copper has better conductivity than aluminum-core home improvement wires.

The Types of House Wire

There are many types of house wires. In fact, there are two types of BV and BVR wires for general house wring on the market and the most widely common used is BV house wire. Of course the BVR is also frequently purchased by buyers.

Advantages of the BV house wire: long service life, not easy to oxidize, and resistant to short-circuit current impact. It is also used in places with strict requirements. BV house wire are generally used in concealed home improvement projects.

Disadvantages of the BV house wiring cable: the wire is hard, it is not easy to change the shape, and it takes time to set the small tube. Generally used in high flatness and buried environments.

BVR house wire advantages: Because this wire is a little soft, it can be installed, dragged and moved easily in temporary power use places.

Disadvantages of BVR house wire: easy to damage, it is said that it is easy to short-circuit and also cause problems such as high temperature, easy to break, and local heating. It is not suitable for use in remote environments.

The Size and Use of House wire

Many times our salespersons found in the process of communicating with purchasers or engineering companies that they did not know the specific purpose of the wire for house wiring they wanted to purchase.

First of all, we need to understand the house wire size, such as 1.5 mm house wire. In fact, this square refers to the cross-sectional area of ​​the wire, that is, the thickness of the wire conductor. The cross-sectional area of ​​the wire conductor is different, and the amount of overcurrent is different.

Generally the commonly used sizes of house wires are : 1.5 mm house wire, 2.5 mm, 4 mm, etc. The larger the number, the greater the ability to transfer electrical power. If the square buys the smaller, It is not safe to use; if the square is bought large, the price is expensive, not to mention that it will not be easy to operate during laying, the installation difficulty will increase, and the decoration will not look good. Therefore, plan the best use before the decoration. The 1.5 mm house wire can withstand the simultaneous use of two 2500w electrical appliances. Both ordinary electrical appliances and ordinary sockets can use 2.5 cords. 2.5 mm house wire is used in high-power electrical appliances. For example, kitchen appliances such as air conditioners, rice cookers, and induction cookers.

It should be noted that the internal insulation of multi-core wires must be distinguished by color to facilitate later inspection and identification. Generally speaking, the live wire is mostly yellow, green, red, the neutral wire is blue, and the ground wire is mostly yellow and green double-color wires.

House Wiring Wire Size in mm or House Wire Gauge?

Different countries have different history and maybe that will influence the strandard of house wire they likely to use. For example the gauge standard created by U.S has been more and more popular and used by more countries. Taking the 10 awg house wire as the typical example, many customers from Latin American prefer to purchase that size. Compared to guage, the size calculated by the mm has more widely application field.

House Wire Price

Now the price of the copper has been more expensive all over the world, which severely influence the price of best wire for house wiring. Taking the 1.5 mm house wire for illustrating this topic, now the JZD Cable unit price USD 0.2 per meter for 1.5 mm house wire available and welcome to contact us for more imformation.

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