It was crammed with cables whose individual wires almost certainly numbered into the millions.
The first step in making connections with cable is to strip away the sheathing to expose the individual wires.
The next step in making connections is to strip the insulation from the individual wires.
Many systems typically use electrodes, each of which is attached to an individual wire.
We don't have individual wires connecting one computer to another.
The next step is to remove the insulation around individual wires.
After stripping the sheathing, remove the insulation around individual wires.
Generally, cable for low-voltage lighting systems consists of individual 16-gauge wires.
If you hardwire the cell doors to a big control panel, the individual wires are at risk.
Instead, a group of individual wires comes out of the handle, each tipped with a metal ball.