Romex

Romex

Romex is usually 14awg-8awg. It has 1-4 insulated copper conductors and a bare copper conductor for ground. It also has an extra layer of plastic insulation surrounding the insulated copper conductors and bare ground. Romex also comes in aluminium though not very...
Lead cable

Lead cable

Lead cable is copper a conductor insulated with paper and than coated with lead shielding. Lead cable can come in the form of power cables (single large stranded copper conductor) or comm cable (dozens of pairs of individually insulated copper conductors).
2 Low grade

2 Low grade

#2 Low grade is insulated copper wire with a low copper recovery. Examples of low grade are as follows USB cables, RCA cables, speaker wire, power cords with the plug ends left on, computer ribbon cable, most car wiring harness’, telephone cords, s-video cables,...
BX Wire

BX Wire

BX Wire or armored cable is usually 3-4 copper conductors with a bare copper conductor for ground. It has a protective aluminium casing on the outside. 14awg-8awg are the most common sizes.