~Tim
To: MOTM <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:48:40 PM
Subject: RE: [motm] Suitable Wire Guage Questions
Heh, see? (I says to myself!) It took me over 30 minutes to type my response, mean while someone more qualified to answer like Paul responded. I could have been doing something more productive . . . . but . . I’m home sick so . . . I’ll cut myself some slack. ;-)
John L Rice
From:
motm@yahoogroups. com [mailto:motm@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Paul
Schreiber
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 rating of the *insulation* )
- excluding the power supply connector, just about any wire gauge from 22 to 28 is OK.
Bonus question #1: so, why did I choose 22ga wire?
- for the power supply side, 18ga is a minimum. When I wire up inside cabinets, I use 16ga wire.
- you can run RG-174 cable quite long without issues (10ft or more)
Bonus question #2: what is the limiting factor on how long you can run coax?
Paul S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ti_
To: MOTM
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:56 PM
Subject: [motm] Suitable Wire Guage Questions
So, we know 22 guage is what's used with MOTM modules for non-audio connections, but is there a minimum or maximum 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 would Too 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 to make normalizing cables inside the modular without problems, 2,3,4 feet or more?
Thanks,
Tim