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Hi all, [Those of you who 'lurk' here will detect progress on the project by the questions I'm asking.....Hmm.] Anyway, I now believe I have my power-to-lots-of-snap-switches-at-once problem solved (At least I have some pretty serious capacitors ready to be hooked up :-) Which leads to the question: Circuitron instructions for their "Snapper machine power supply" says the wire to the switch machines should be "18 guage or heavier"..... Holy Moly!..... And I'm going to solder that to those itsby-bitsy little wires that stick out from the switch machine!!.... and we won't even *think* about the size of the wires that make up the coils themselves....... :-) Please tell me what I'm missing here? - 18 (Eighteen!!) guage wire is what I use for feeders (not the main bus) on my slot car track!!.... and then, you want me to fix that great big wire to those little suckers? Can someone please confirm I'm not going nuts here! - I have plenty of 22ga 3 core I was figuring on using for the task (max run will be < 8ft / 2.4m btw). Please only respond if you know of any reason(s) why this would be a bad idea! - My best guess is Circuitron are simply being 'conservative'.... Thanks, Ian
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