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Even though it may have taken a little while, the whole world still doesn't move as fast as the internet and I just got home from other activities Outside of the house to some good answers, so no one should worry about being the first!  Many thanks for the answers already!
~Tim




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From: John L Rice <Drummer@...>
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' :)
 
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the smaller the number, the larger the diameter of the wire (seems backwards,
no)
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the gauge is mostly used for carrying *current* (not voltage, that's the rating
of the *insulation* )
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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?
 
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for the power supply side, 18ga is a minimum. When I wire up inside cabinets, I
use 16ga wire.
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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.
 
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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