2 wiring questions

[katuuuz]

i purchased 6.09 - 4 conductor - 24 gauge - solid wire from radio shack, and have heard this is more powerful than enough wire to use for cherry switches to an ipac.  i was told to use standard phone wire, if i was to do this, i would strip the wires out of the phone wire casing, and then use each wire inside as it's own wire for switches?!  can i still use the 24 gauge even though it's more than needed? 

question 2 is i bought 2 molex 5 1/4" disk drive extension power cables to wire up my coin lamps, and do not have an empty cd-rom slot in my pc.  how exactly would i hook this up?  i don't use the cd rom that came with the pc (the pc's dedicated to games only and i have daemon for isos) so i'm willing to remove it if it will make the job easier.

if i get these answers, my cab will be done today!

[diverdown]

i purchased 6.09 - 4 conductor - 24 gauge - solid wire from radio shack, and have heard this is more powerful than enough wire to use for cherry switches to an ipac.  i was told to use standard phone wire, if i was to do this, i would strip the wires out of the phone wire casing, and then use each wire inside as it's own wire for switches?!  can i still use the 24 gauge even though it's more than needed? 

question 2 is i bought 2 molex 5 1/4" disk drive extension power cables to wire up my coin lamps, and do not have an empty cd-rom slot in my pc.  how exactly would i hook this up?  i don't use the cd rom that came with the pc (the pc's dedicated to games only and i have daemon for isos) so i'm willing to remove it if it will make the job easier.

if i get these answers, my cab will be done today!

24 gauge is more than enough. and you wouldnt need to strip the phone wires out of the outer cover. They are colour coded so you could leave the middle section encased in outer cover and just strip back what you need to connect to ipac and switches


If you bought extension cables you may have bought the wrong thing. An extension cable makes 1 cable longer. You probably need to buy a "splitter cable" to split 1 power cable into two.

[krick]

i purchased...solid wire from radio shack

The problem with solid wire is that it doesn't flex all that well and will break eventually.
I recommend using stranded wire instead.

question 2 is i bought 2 molex 5 1/4" disk drive extension power cables to wire up my coin lamps, and do not have an empty cd-rom slot in my pc. 

Why do you need a CD-ROM slot?  Just plug into your harness and run the wires out an empty PCI slot in the back of your PC.