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Author Topic: What gauge wire to to use for Imperial trackball hack?  (Read 1316 times)

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What gauge wire to to use for Imperial trackball hack?
« on: September 28, 2005, 07:25:38 pm »
Hi,

I'm getting ready to try my hand at an Imperial Trackball/ USB mouse hack.

What gauge wire should I use to go from the mouse board to the trackball molex connector?

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Re: What gauge wire to to use for Imperial trackball hack?
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2005, 07:30:25 pm »
No matter what: stranded
Now the guage depends on what you are doing.  If you will be crimping on terminals, just pick the guage your terminals are rated for.
Generally, I like to use 22 guage wire.  It is not too thin in that it can be easily stripped with a regular wire stripper, and it doesn't take up a lot of space when routing the wires.

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Re: What gauge wire to to use for Imperial trackball hack?
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2005, 07:45:32 pm »
Hi Whammoed,

Thanks for the post.

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Re: What gauge wire to to use for Imperial trackball hack?
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2005, 08:30:28 pm »