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Re: favorite kind of wire for bike lights?
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bbarry
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Sep 23, 2009 18:48 PDT
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22 gauge speaker wire. Nothing thicker is needed. If you look at the
wiring on BuckPucks, even the 1000mA versions use this thickness or thinner.
thicker wire is harder to route through short and tight spaces, more mass =
more mass vibrating = greater chance of breakage at soldered
connections.You can make wire any color you want by putting shrink
tube over it. For a
bike light, yellow is better for visibility. If the connector separates at
night, you want something you can see and reconnect easily.
For connectors that won't come undone, use 9V snap connectors.
hth,
Barry
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rg-@tricolour.net>wrote:
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On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 05:10:35PM -0700, Steve Kauffman wrote:
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Does anyone have a favorite type of wire to use for their
battery-to-lighthead wiring? Something better than speaker wire from the
hardware store?
I'm looking for something black, flexible, strong, clean-looking, and
appropriate for 1 amp of current.
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22 gauge speaker wire. Nothing thicker is needed. If you look at the wiring on BuckPucks, even the 1000mA versions use this thickness or thinner.<br>thicker wire is harder to route through short and tight spaces, more mass = more mass vibrating = greater chance of breakage at soldered connections.<div>
You can make wire any color you want by putting shrink tube over it. For a bike light, yellow is better for visibility. If the connector separates at night, you want something you can see and reconnect easily.</div><div>
For connectors that won't come undone, use 9V snap connectors.</div><div><br></div><div>hth,</div><div>Barry<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rg-@tricolour.net">rg-@tricolour.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 05:10:35PM -0700, Steve Kauffman wrote:<br>
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Does anyone have a favorite type of wire to use for their<br>
battery-to-lighthead wiring? Something better than speaker wire from the<br>
hardware store?<br>
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I'm looking for something black, flexible, strong, clean-looking, and<br>
appropriate for 1 amp of current.</div></div></blockquote></div>
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