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Getting the Disco how I like it
thermidorthelobster:
--- Quote from: stageonesimmo on May 15, 2008, 20:47:15 ---I'm just wondering, is normal mains cable OK for the feeds from battery to lamps - I've got a reel of 3 core mains stuff (orange insulation) so I was just gonna use that the thinking being I could use it to send separate feeds to pairs of lamps down the red/blue wires and earth then through the green/yellow one....
Would that work?.................
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I hope so, because that's exactly what I've done - one core for the spots, one for the work lamp and the third for the return! I found that the normal 3-core stuff on reels is (a) inflexible and (b) white, so the cheapest solution I found was to buy a cheap extension lead and snip the cable off it. For the low-current wiring to the relays etc I used Cat 6 network cable because I could get some for free, it has 4 or 8 cores (twisted pair so 8 but I've paired them up), and it's easy to run. The only thing I found is that when you strip the outer shielding, it's very easy to damage the twisted pair insulation.
lee celtic:
I used trailer cable, think it was 7 core from maplin for all the wiring just left the extra wires incase I want to add somthing else (which I will) :roll:
stageonesimmo:
TTL - I've gotten hold of some cold weather stuff so the insulation on it is very flexible, (even down to minus numbers type weather), but hard-wearing. Now all I need is a suitable box to house the whole lot in and I'm off................
Its never ending.................
Disco_Stu:
Very nice indeed thermi, you've been busy. Like the cut out CB placement, you must have been syphoning my thoughts off.....
Stu.
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