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I bought a house a few months ago and I'm still trying to figure out all the wiring. I found these coming out of a cabinet in the kitchen.

I think (?) the black one is a cut-off coax cable. There's a LOT of coax in this house, so that seems straightforward (but I would still love if someone can confirm!)

I'm not sure about the other ones. They don't look electric, as I'd expect electric to be black + white + copper, like the rest of the house.

There is supposedly a speaker system in the house (I see speakers) but I haven't figured it out yet. Could that be power for the speakers? I'm not familiar with speaker wire setup. If it's speakers, why would there be so many wires?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Left most looks like cat5/6 Ethernet cable but hard to tell from pic. If there's multiple tiny, colored wires, solid and a striped, it's that. Next one is RG-59 coax. Others look like speaker wire of some sort but I'd test with a multimeter to be sure they aren't live

Edit: RG-6 to RG-59. Hard to tell from pic though

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you all! With a bit of testing, I've confirmed that the gray ones are speaker wires.