Hookup Wire Sources

can you share supplier information

I buy mine from

Monoprice.com

Gilly

Gilly, I looked, but that site seems somewhat confusing, they seem to have every type of pre-made cable, how does one find plain wire?

I get mine at Lowes

Bobbie,

All Electronics web site is allelectronics.com, Bulk Wire website is bulkwire.com, All Electronics is an electronics supply vendor whereas Bulk Wire seams only to sell wire lengths in spools.

Thank you

Bulk wire looks interesting.

I found Home Depot has  the best prices.  Be sure it's 100% copper and not copper clad. The HD has 500' spools for about $45.00 depending on the gauge.

I have hundreds of feet of RS-232 cables from my days building systems for Wall St., so I'm set for small gauge wire for a long time as well.

I'm curious, GRJ.  Being an O-gauger, what use do you make of small gauge wire, other than LED circuits?

RJR, think about accessories, signals, and switches for a few options.  Of course, I also use small gauge wire for internal wiring in locomotives and tenders.

GRJ, do you have any idea of how many amps a Z-STuff switch motor pulls?  I am not able to measure it during the short burst.

I have no idea, but I seriously doubt that it's going to tax #22 wire, especially for a very short burst.  If you're running 100's of feet to the switch, maybe...

RJR: the draw on Z-Stuff switch machines is in the 20 ma. range. You can hook up  LEDs for position indicators with a resistor and small diode in the line. That's how the controllers that come with the machines work..

Try True Value Hardware.  My local True Value has 20 ga. and I just picked up 24GA. shrink tubing there.  Much better than Radio Shack.