Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> To get the benefits of stranded cable the individual conductors MUST be insulated from each other! "Litz" wire is composed of many strands of fine, INSULATED, wire. For example, #10-38 is composed of 10 strands of #38 insulated wire. Ed