Flexible mains cable with three 2.5 mm solid copper conductors

6 inch (15 cm) outside diameter, oil-cooled cables, traversing the Grand Coulee Dam throughout. An example of a heavy cable for power transmission.

Fire test in Sweden, showing fire rapidly spreading through the burning of cable insulation, a phenomenon of great importance for cables used in some installations.

A 250 V, 16 A electrical cable on a reel

Overhead power cabling. The conductor consists of seven strands of steel (centre, high tensile strength), surrounded by four outer layers of aluminium (high conductivity). Sample diameter 40 mm

Wire wrapped jewelry

Sophie Ryder's galvanised wire sculpture Sitting at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Coaxial cable, one example of a jacketed and insulated wire