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Control panel wiring
stephenp1983:
Where is the best place to find large quanities of wire used for controls panels. I would need enough to wire 4 joysticks in a cocktail.
mountain:
Most car audio install shops will sell you 18 awg wire if ask them for it. My local shop had 1,000 ft spools in the back with a variety of colors to choose from.
Arcades R Fun:
Try Radio Shack if you have one near you. They sell 100 ft. rolls of 18-22 gauge solid wire in red or black. They go for about $5 a roll I think.
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I'll do you one better, take that old parallel printer cable that you don't use anymore and chop the ends off of it. You'll end up with about a 5' shielded harness with 20+ sets of wires in it. Strip off about 2 feet of the outer insulation from one side for under the control panel and 6" from the other end for the encoder. Makes things nice and tidy when you are done.
xmenxmen:
Home Depot and Lowes sell plenty of 18awg. The other option that I and others have used are the network cable (cat 3, 5, etc), they also work great.
There's also alarm wires that mention here alot.