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Jawn:
So I'm going to be wiring around 14 buttons and 2 joysticks to an ipac. The issue is, I have no idea what to get for wire, and or where to get it. A little help here? Thanks  :lol

drventure:
For buttons, 24 or 26 gauge wire is fine. I use solid core (not stranded). You'll likely want to get some crimp on female spade plugs (for plugging onto the male tabs on the buttons), but some folks like soldering instead.

Note sure where you're located, but Frys, radioshack, etc will have it.

If you look, make of the home improvement shops (Home depot, Lowes) etc will too, and usually cheaper because they sell bigger spools of it.

I believe knievel said he found "doorbell wire" at home depot that was cheap and solid core.

You may want to pick up a few different colors, or at least black and "something" so you can keep the hot sides easily separated from the ground sides.

gwjrabbit:
I used nothing but network cables. It's a bit thin for the crimps, but i haven't had a connection fail yet.

mwong168:

--- Quote from: gwjrabbit on June 12, 2010, 06:30:01 pm ---I used nothing but network cables. It's a bit thin for the crimps, but i haven't had a connection fail yet.

--- End quote ---

I started out using network cable cause it is color coded which makes keep tracking on both ends easy and the blue sleeve helps keep things organized.  It was also cheap to use and I had box of it since I use to make a lot of network cable before.





Lately I have been using just regular 22-24 gauge wire and the advantage to that is you can make each wire the exact length without any extra slack.





I was so picky about my pinball cabinet wiring that I used about 40m of wire.  Here is a picture of the quick disconnets you want to get.



For American style aka HAPP/iL you will need .187 and for Japanese style aka Sanwa/Seimitsu you will need .110.  Hope this helps!

92greenyj:
another vote for network/cat5/6 cable. I used this recently on a Jeep related wiring project and it was perfect for wiring up my switch panel with. JKeeps things looking nice and neat. And I do suggest soldering your ends. Best way is crimp, solder, heat shrink

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