You need to get wire based on amps your pulling, there are charts to determine. You can get wire from digikey, mouser, any hardware store, but make sure it's stranded not solid

If you have a crimper tool you will see gauge holes,Just put the wire through the hole that fits it and you will know what gauge it is.Radio shack sells a variety/bundle pack of different wires it is a good buy and you can always use the different wires for future purposes.Grab some heat shrink tubing while your at it.

if you replace a length of wire, label it with the color it is supposed to be in the manual. makes trouble shooting easier down the line.

I keep harnesses from parted out games around for this very purpose. Find the right color, etc and install it.

Bay Area Amusements had most colors at one point, might be worth a check.

Please note, that this is WITHOUT the insulation on the wire. Depending on insulation class, voltage class, etc, the insulation will be thicker and would skew your results. What you are trying to measure is the circular mils (cross sectional area) of the copper, not the 'wire'

As a general rule, anything in the PF, non motor/solenoid related 18 awg, any board work, unless it's a solenoid/power trace, 22 awg. Anything solenoid/power related I try to use 16 awg. Main power cable coming into transformer, 14 awg.

Not a dumb question. Ive often wondered this myself.

You can get get kits with 10 colors each from Bob Roberts.

http://therealbobroberts.net/conectas.html#wire

steve

Hi Blackbeard. Seriously, I mean you no disrespect. I always assumed that with as many karma points as you have, you were much more knowledgable about the electronics, and repairs of a pin than I was. Then you ask a simple question about wire that is so basic, I even knew the answer. How did you get so many karme points? Sorry about my teasing!

Karma points are based on posts (and other contributions), not your knowledge base of the post. Your comment sounds a little insulting towards him quite honestly, regardless of your intent.

No questions are too basic, and I bet there are a lot people who read this that learned new things as well. It spawned answers to gauge of wires, as well as somewhere to buy it.

Comments like that make people reluctant in the future to post questions.

It was meant as good natured teasing...I hope Blackbeard knows that.

He gave me crap (which I took with a good chuckle), about a single lamp test, which seemed repetative after you just checked all the lamps in the previous test.

I'm sorry!!!!

Now everybody is gonna think I'm a D-bag too!

I see. I didn't know the previous stuff. No foul - hard to interpret everything on forums in the right light.

Now everybody is gonna think I'm a D-bag too!

Nope... You're definitely a "C" bag. (on account that you are a cow. )

Don't worry cowman,
Sarcasm is sometimes difficult to convey when typing a sentence.

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"Moooooo!"

I don't recall ever playing a DMD game, What game has cows on the DMD? Isn't there some pin that has a cow on the PF?