Posted by Jonathan the Red on February 25, 2002 at 13:10:17:
In Reply to: Wire Guages??? posted by JayD on February 25, 2002 at 12:29:39:
: Out of curiosity, what Guage wires is everyone using for their buttons and wiring, and where do you buy the stuff. I'm currently using 24AWG for the switches and 18AWG for the ground, but only because it salvaged it from my cabinet before conversion. I checked Lowes and Home Depot and the don't really have much. Thanks
I was able to buy a mammoth (>1000 feet) spool of 20AWG stranded wire for eight bucks, so that's what I'm using.
The cables I'm using to connect my panel controls and coin door controls together (see my page) have much thinner wire... I'd say certainly no wider than 26AWG and probably even thinner than that. I'm having to strip extra-long lengths and fold the wire a few times to get it to screw securely into a terminal block.