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Where to buy 24 AWG wire?
ZaneMn:
I am looking to re-wire my control panel using multi-colored wiring 24 gauge wiring (6 colors all together). First off should I use solid or stranded. Is stranded wire a ---smurfette--- to put crimps on at gauge 24? Also where is a good place to order this wire online? Thanks.
Distortion:
Why not just go to radio shack? I got 75 feet (25 feet of each black, green, and red whire) of 22 gauge (which, of course, is better than 24) wire for like 4 bucks.
Nailz:
I think stranded would be the way to go, it's always worked well for me. I have no idea what are trying to ask in your second question. And your 3rd question... why would you order wire online when you could go to any Radio Shack/Home Depot/Lowes/etc and get the same thing immediately. Big ticket items I get ordering online, but you aren't going to save anything and it will be easier to just go down the street for it.
seaner:
You might consider using cables that have several conductors, like cat-5. I used this to wire up my panel, keeps the wires in relatively neat bundles and the wires are colour coded as well.
Something along the lines of:
http://www.beerbot.ca/mame/wiring.jpg.html
MameFan:
Go to a thrift store or returned-item-resale store and find old computer printer cables with large wire bundles (The larger the better--typically mean ALL 25 pins are connected to a wire, not just some of them).
Often times you can get a cable for $1 and you have 6 or 10 feet of stranded, COLOR CODED (all different) wire to work with. I've chopped a few cables apart and had good luck with this approach. Cheapest way to get tons of unique colors!