Material-shall be free from seams, silver or cracks, and shall be smooth and uniform in size.
Temper-all material shall be thoroughly and evenly annealed, and dead soft, unless otherwise specified by the purchase order. Round wire, when wound into a helix on an arbor, approximately five times the diameter of the wire, shall be uniformly spaced when stretched to three times its close wound length.
Winding:
Wire,0.081inch diameter and under, shall be shipped on spools, wire over 0.081 inch diameter may be shipped in coils. Each spool shall contain one continuous length only.
Strip orders will specify in coils or cut length. When coils are specified, strip shall be ribbon wound in flat spirals containing one continuous length per coil.
Identification-shall be a pink label on the flange of spools and pink paint on the ends of coiled wire , and on the edges of strip in coils or cut lengths.
The resistance tolerance per foot of any portion of the wire in any one spool or coil shall be 2%