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found a source for multi-color wire... DUH!
krick:
I don't know why I didn't think of this before but I've found a source for multi-colored 22 gauge stranded wire...
Hack up a JAMMA harness.
I just got 2 HAPP harnesses off of eBay for $30, and there's a guy selling 10 (!!!) of them for $48 right now...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3275681569&category=13718
I know it's not really cheap but if you want to get a LOT of different wire colors, there isn't really much choice unless you want to buy a 500 or 1000 foot spool of multi conductor wire for like $300.
My Happ harness is 5 feet long and has 46 wires. That's 230 feet of wire.
There's 29 unique colors. Here's the breakdown...
solid color:
black (10)
red (5)
blue (3)
green (2)
brown (2)
color/stripe:
blue/tan
brown/black
brown/blue
brown/green
brown/white
green/tan
green/yellow
orange/blue
orange/green
orange/white
pink/black
red/black
red/white
red/yellow
white
white/black
white/brown
white/orange
white/purple
white/red
white/yellow
yellow
yellow/black
yellow/white
Jakobud:
You know you could just use all one color of wire ;)
Superdude:
Yes you could use one wire, but it gets really confusing when making your adapters for jamma or wiring your control panel if you make a mistake. Good idea about the jamma harness. I too wish there was a cheaper way.
patrickl:
That seems quite expensive. Can't you just buy a printer cable or something?
Or actually, just buy the cable used in it by the foot? I just bought 5 meters of 36 x 22 AWG wire. 5 feet of that cable would cost 7 euro (and then I didn't even shop around) .
Sephroth57:
www.therealbobroberts.com sells multicolored wires for a good price, you get a pack of 10 colors 10' of each for 7$