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leapinlew:

What kind of wiring? Solid core or strand? What gauge?

I used solid core - 18-22 gauge:

While not perfect, it's fairly clean. The solid core allows you to bend it the way you want and it'll pretty much maintain it's shape. I'm curious how stranded and clips would work.


Banacek:

Wow, your guys wiring jobs look so nice, I'm ashamed to show mine :) I used a mix of p-clips, staples, and that tubing you can get at any electric store. I have no idea what it's called.



johnm160:

Neat wiring is the sign of a sick mind    :P

Grauwulf:


--- Quote from: Banacek on October 12, 2006, 12:44:47 pm ---I have no idea what it's called.

--- End quote ---

It's called split loom here. I use that stuff a lot when I'm doing car wiring, makes things look nice and neat and it is an extra layer of protection for the wires.

jelwell:

This might be obvious to most people, but:

You only need one ground wire coming out of your encoder, they can all run like christmas lights off the same wire, going in and out of each switch. You can see that in all the pictures above.

And yes, I *have* seen pictures of people who jammed one ground wire into their encoder for each switch - that becomes messy really quick.

Was that me on my first attempt? I can't remember and this picture is so frenzied that it's hard to tell if that's what I did (either way - don't do it):

Joseph Elwell.

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