I'm looking for different color hook-up wire to use on my 7x12 HO scale layout's sidings and my yard. I already have black and red on the main.
Hobbylinc.com sells both conductor and hook-up wire. Are they the same thing? If so, is this suitable wire to use on the sidings and yard? http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mdp/mdp2304.htm. What are other good sites to use if not that?
Thanks,
Lee
Well, yes, "hook-up wire" and "connector wire" mean pretty much the same thing. But, that's not a very good price. It's a 9-foot section of 4-conductor wire for $3.59, plus shipping. It doesn't say what the wire gauge is, but you can get a hundred feet of 4-conductor phone wire from places like Home Depot for about $12.
For spools of single-conductor wire, which is what you'll do most of your wiring with, go to places like www.allelectronics.com and buy hundred-foot spools. You may have an electronics place close to you, but if you do order online, put together a bunch of stuff to reduce the shipping cost.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I, too, buy my wire from Allelectronics.com .
http://www.allelectronics.com/index.php?page=seek&id%5Bm%5D=pattern&id%5Bq%5D=wire&x=0&y=0
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Don't buy ANY WIRE from ANYONE if they don't tell you what the gauge of the wire is. (AWG)
It doesn't matter what they call it, you are buying a pig in a poke and you will be sorry in the long run.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Radio Shack sells various gauges of solid hook-up wire in a variety of colors. For example, 3-25' spools of red, black and green 22 awg solid costs $8.29. I am assuming you are looking for feeder wire.
Dante
I got my 22 AWG solid feeder wire from Hobby Enginering...lots of colors, 25' rolls, $3.49 each.
http://www.hobbyengineering.com/CatSPW22S.html
I got my 16 gauge stranded buss wire at Lowes (5 colors or more).
I used 24 AWG stranded pair wire for Tortoise power from the control panel, from All Electronics. Available by the foot ($0.12).
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/WRB-24/24-AWG-RED/BLACK-AUTO-ZIP-CORD/1.html
If interested, I got 3M suitcase connectors and some terminal blocks from Mouser, http://www.mouser.com/?cm_mmc=google-_-ppc-_-americas-_-Local%20Campaign%20(Texas)&gclid=CKPyypuspa4CFQNeTAodlRlgSg ; mini DPDT toggle switches, bicolor LEDs and terminal blocks from All Electronics.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent