[sdiy] cables from PCB --> front/pots

[Ian Fritz]

At 11:21 PM 11/10/2009, Suit & Tie Guy wrote:
>On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Benjamin Budts wrote:
>>It's 28 AWG and I wonder if it would be ok to use it to bring my
>>signal from my PCB to my pots on the frontplate.
>
>that seems awfully thin. i use 24 AWG wire and sometimes think i
>should be using 22.
>
>what gauges do other people here use?

I'm with George.  I use light gauge stranded wire and weave the bundles to 
the panel together loosely. This keeps thing somewhat neat without risking 
the cross-talk you can get from ribbon cable or tightly twisted bundles.

It's a good idea to keep the physics in mind here.  Resistance is 
proportional to length divided by area, so for short runs fine wire is OK.

Ian