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Wire Size
Posted by hwolf on Sunday, December 21, 2008 11:26 AM

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd51/Hwolf_photos/Best%20of%20Wolfcreek/IMG_2567.jpg

I am just installing a new trestle ( See Link above ) and have to extend all the wiring that will now go in the rear. My question is. I have large spools of #14 wire. Is it alright to use this to extend the smaller wires on each end coming from the switches and the control panel on the other end.

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Posted by selector on Sunday, December 21, 2008 11:34 AM

Perfectly fine.  I'll bet you could get away with 20 gauge safely for just a foot or so.

-Crandell

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Posted by hwolf on Sunday, December 21, 2008 11:46 AM

While I got you. How do you get the picture in the little box on the post?

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Posted by selector on Sunday, December 21, 2008 3:36 PM

Sorry, I move around a lot, and have only just returned to see your question.

Enter "Update Profile" (at right, under "My Profile" in a black bar).  When you get the next page, open the tab saying "Avatars" (I think that is it...poor memory), and then follow the intuitive process of browsing your hard drive and enable the avatar.  Click on "Enable avatar", and then try to upload an image file already in the 30-60 KB range to make it fast.  You may have to fiddle with sizes once you see the published result in one of your posts.

Before you click away from that page, be sure to click on "Update" at the right of the image file you have selected, and then click on "Save" at lower left.  That's it...you can navigate back to the forum, and your avatar should appear very shortly in your posts.

 -Crandell

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Posted by hwolf on Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:05 PM

Thanks

Have a very Healthy & Happy New Year.

Harold

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