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Marsupial:
honestly, that's a good way to have neat wiring. You group the wires that need be together and pass them in the same cat5 cable. Plus, lot of us (me included) have parts of a spindle in storage...
reusing old cables is the best, IMHO.
bkenobi:
Another nice option is VGA cables. They are plenty long and give you ~15 wires to use. Most of us have several lying around, so it's a nice free source of bundled uniquely colored cables. Even better is Parallel/printer cables, but who has those anymore?
BadMouth:
.187 connectors for buttons, .25 connectors for lights, I use 18 guage wire.
Overkill, but it's easy to get a good crimp and it can take a lot of abuse.
It's also easy to find auto parts stores (hook-up wire), hardware stores (alarm wire) or of course, fleabay.
A $2 button wrench also makes things easier.
Beeman:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on October 01, 2010, 07:07:36 pm ---Get 22 AWG wire, got 90 feet of it at Radioshack yesterday for 7 bucks. Get your disconnects from lowes/home depot. I use the .250, they will fit on the .187 connectors, but the .187 connectors won't fit on the .250.
--- End quote ---
What section of home depot are the connectors in? I literally have no clue. lol.
BadMouth:
Most places have .25 and don't carry .187
They also usually only sell small packs, so it may end up costing a lot to buy enough packs.
I bought a bag of 100 off fleabay fairly cheap.
Make sure you buy the correct terminals for the size wire you're getting,
or else crimping won't go as smooth.
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