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Bus and feeder question
Bus and feeder question
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electrolove
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February 2005
From: Sweden
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Bus and feeder question
Posted by
electrolove
on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:58 PM
It's a little hard to get things here where I live but I have found a shop that sells stranded wire in the following areas. 1,5 mm^2, 2,5 mm^2 and 4,0 mm^2. This is around 15-16 AWG, close to 13 AWG and close to 11 AWG.
I'm planning to use the 1,5 mm^2 wire for track feeders and the 2,5 mm^2 wire for the bus. I just tested the 4.0 mm^2 wire for the bus but my 3M 905 Self-Stripping Electrical Tap Connector will not close so I think I must use the 2,5 mm^2 wire for the bus. Or maybe there is a solution so I can use the 4 mm^2?
So will 1,5 mm^2 wire be ok for feeders and 2,5 mm^2 wire ok for the bus?
Rio Grande Zephyr 5771 from Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, Utah "Thru the Rockies"
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:10 PM
I don't know about the tap connectors. The way I'm going mine is for the bus, I am using 12 gauge solid bare copper ground wire. For the feeders I'm going to use 20 gauge stranded copper insulated wire. I'm using the bare wire on the bus because it will make soldering the feeders a snap, since I won't have to strip insulation off every few feet. I'm just goint to solder a tee joint at each feeder, and be done with it.
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selector
Member since
February 2005
From: Vancouver Island, BC
23,330 posts
Posted by
selector
on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:20 PM
Electro, those wires are fine, but thicker than needed. ..particularly the 1.5 mm for the feeders. (1 mm would be lots.)
Go ahead and use them if that is what you have to work with.
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