Wire size for NCE Switch-It?

[GMILL47]

I know about wire size for the track wiring but what size wire is used for the connetion to the Tortoise and the push buttons.  I don't see the information in the on line manual.  Do I run 14 ga. for those as well?

[cacole]

You can get by with much smaller gauge wire for the pushbuttons and Tortoise connections because these wires will be carrying very low Amperage.  I used 26 gauge stranded speaker wire from one of the big box stores and could have gotten by with an even smaller gauge.  Telephone wire would be sufficient.

[Hamltnblue]

 I used 22 gauge wire  to the torti's simply because it was what I had available at the time. There is very little current so unless you're traveling long distance the 26 wire mentioned earlier is fine.

[rrinker]

 Since Tortoises only draw a few milliamps, you can use just about any kind of wire, even phone wire. #18 is probably about as big as will fit in the hole to solder to the Tortoise, but you don't need anythign near that big, 22-24-26 will all work just fine with a Tortoise, even with a fairly large distance between the Switch-It and Tortoise.

                              --Randy

[GMILL47]

Thanks for the posts.  Seems to be a consensus here.  Best Wishes