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Heh, see? (I says to myself!) It took me over 30 minutes to typemy response, mean while someone more qualified to answer like Paul responded. Icould have been doing something more productive . . . . but . . I’m homesick so . . . I’ll cut myself some slack. ;-)
John L Rice
From:motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of PaulSchreiber
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:12 PM
To: MOTM; Ti_
Subject: Re: [motm] Suitable Wire Guage Questions
a)well, it depends on your use of the term 'suitable' :)
-the smaller the number, the larger the diameter of the wire (seems backwards,no)
-the gauge is mostly used for carrying ∗current∗ (not voltage, that's the ratingof the ∗insulation∗)
-excluding the power supply connector, just about any wire gauge from 22 to 28is OK.
Bonusquestion #1: so, why did I choose 22ga wire?
-for the power supply side, 18ga is a minimum. When I wire up inside cabinets, Iuse 16ga wire.
-you can run RG-174 cable quite long without issues (10ft or more)
Bonusquestion #2: what is the limiting factor on how long you can run coax?
PaulS.
-----Original Message -----
From: Ti_
To: MOTM
Sent: Wednesday, March 11,2009 6:56 PM
Subject: [motm] Suitable WireGuage Questions
So, we know 22 guage is what'sused with MOTM modules for non-audio connections, but is there a minimum ormaximum gauge to go by?
I've got a whole mess of 24 guage wire I've scrapped from dead things at work,would that still be too thin?
Also have a bunch of 18 gauge which I guess could be a be unwieldy, but wouldToo big of wire to a reasonable size add any problems?
Last, I've got a big bunch of rg-174. How long could I possibly run it tomake normalizing cables inside the modular without problems, 2,3,4 feet ormore?
Thanks,
Tim