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Title: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: sasuke_kun12 on December 28, 2004, 06:41:21 pm

hey what type of wire should i use? can you please tell me in metric not imperial!

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: Shape D. on December 28, 2004, 06:46:41 pm

18 gauge-1.02 metric
braided wire.

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: thrash242 on December 28, 2004, 10:18:19 pm

Rather demanding, aren't we?

18-22 gauge is good; don't know what that is in that new-fangled "met-rick" system.

Solid or stranded will work, it's really up to you.

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: sasuke_kun12 on December 28, 2004, 10:26:25 pm

sorry like cm and mm coz i walked into Tandy or Radioshack or what ever you guys call it and took a look at the wires and didn't see a 18 guage or 22 guage! it was all different!

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: GGKoul on December 28, 2004, 10:37:52 pm

Hmm.. Radio Shack should carry 18 gauge wire.  As they sell 18 gauge wire as a 3 pack of colour spool set (Red, Green, Black) and a larger spool of black wire.

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: danny_galaga on December 28, 2004, 10:43:02 pm

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,29477.msg247443.html#msg247443

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: Shape D. on December 29, 2004, 11:41:48 am

Quote from: thrash242 on December 28, 2004, 10:18:19 pm

Rather demanding, aren't we?

18-22 gauge is good; don't know what that is in that new-fangled "met-rick" system.

Solid or stranded will work, it's really up to you.

18 guage is 1.02
<edit>And if the knob at radioshack can't tell you what guage it is I suggest you stop purchasing items there.<edit>

Title: Re: What type of wire do i use?
Post by: SirPeale on December 29, 2004, 11:58:40 am

Are you not living in the states?

I have wire on my site (http://www.pealefamily.net/cgi-bin/closedShop/Item.pl?action=ShowCategory&category=parts) if you're interested, but I ship to the US (and occasionally .ca) only.