David Nelson nSQP Status July 7, Pixel nSQP Wires order in progress Presented by David Nelson

David Nelson nSQP Status July 7, 2010 Specification work Discussed wire order specifications with MWS Wire. The resistance specification became an issue due to both twisting and elongation changes the values. I suggested that we require a material certification that provides traceability to actual material used. This was rejected by MWS. We used “CERTS” for NASA projects. MWS suggested we accept a test report for each type of wire pair. I think this is about all we can expect from MWS wire. It seems we are the first to ask for acceptance tests of this level. MWS has not updated their web site with NEMA MW revision. There is some discrepancies between the specifications listed below and the MWS web site. They are, however, minor. The test reports need minor modifications. I suggest we modify the specifications to the following line items: 2

David Nelson nSQP Status July 7, AWG twisted pair specifications 28 AWG (1) 28 AWG solid CCA twisted pair, 2 TPI +/- 10% (2) Insulation is QML. (3) Material - The core alloy is aluminum 1350 (EC grade) and the cladding alloy is oxygen free copper 102. (4) CCA bare wire is 10% copper by volume. (5) Bare wire diameter, plus/minus inch (6) Outer diameter - with insulation, inch < OD < inch [0.396mm < OD < 0.424mm] (7) One wire colored red, one wire colored green (8) Resistance prior to twisting, Ohms per Degrees C Reference (9) Spool length, 1000 ft -0/+50 ft, No splices in spool. Spool lengths are to be agreed upon between buyer and seller. (10) Total length ?? (11) Test report shall be provided that conforms to the above specifications. 3

David Nelson nSQP Status July 7, AWG twisted pair specifications 36 AWG (1) 36 AWG solid copper twisted pair, 4 TPI +/- 10% (2) Insulation is QML. (3) Material - Copper conductor is ETP 99.90% minimum, UNSC11000 (3) Bare wire diameter, inch < OD < inch (4) Outer diameter - with insulation, inch < OD < inch[0.165mm < OD < 0.188mm (5) One wire colored red, one wire colored green (6) Resistance prior to twisting, Ohms per C. Reference (7) Spool length, 1000 ft -0/+50 ft, No splices in spool. Spool lengths are to be agreed upon between buyer and seller. (8) Total length ?? (9) Test report shall be provided that conforms to the above specifications. 4

David Nelson nSQP Status July 7, 2010 MWS Wire Test Reports 5