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A length of conductive material used as a conductor of electricity.

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How do you remove insulation from headphone wires?

I've used a microtorch to burn off the insulation with a lot of sucess - use the microtorch on the tip of the wire, and let a little more burn off on its own and you're good …
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Headphone wire color coding

Red is for Right. Blue (or green) is for Left. Copper is for ground (I remember this with the mnemonic Red Right bLue Left Copper Common). All 3 are coated in a lacquer you need to burn or scrape off …
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