Thermostat wire comes in a bundle with the outer jacket of the thermostat wire being either brown or white. The bundle can have anywhere from 2 conductors inside the bundle or outer jacket and all the way up 8 or 10 conductors inside the outer brown or white jacket. The wire inside the bundle for typical thermostat wire is 18 gauge solid copper wire and each wire has its own outer jacket that is a different color than any of the other conductors in the bundle. These multi-color wires are colored different for identification from one end of the bundle to the other end of the bundle. Thermostat wire can be purchased in a bundle as follows:
- 18-2 – 18 gauge solid copper with two wires in the bundle – red and white colors with a brown or white jacket
- 18-4 – 18 gauge solid copper with four wires in the bundle – various colors with a brown or white jacket
- 18-5 – 18 gauge solid copper with five wires in the bundle – various colors with a brown or white jacket
- 18-6 – 18 gauge solid copper with six wires in the bundle – various colors with a brown or white jacket
- 18-8 – 18 gauge solid copper with eight wires in the bundle – various colors with a brown or white jacket
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