A question or two about wires and AWG.

[nickz]

Hey all,

I'm securing cables for my project and have a question about what is okay to use.

I had planned on using some Ethernet CAT 5e cable (24AWG) for most of the project.
As for the USB wiring, I have an old USB cable that was from my Droid 2 back in the day. It's most likely 28AWG as that is what I've found most USB cables to be. Should I be using 28/24 AWG usb cables?

Is this what others have been using? Have you found success in using these types of cables/guage mentioned above? I can't seem to find a solid resource on the specific types of wires/awg to use for the project and want to make sure that my components are getting the appropriate connections.

Thanks.

EDIT: Somehow this got posted in General Project Chat instead of Project Help. If a mod wants to move this to Project Help, please do.

[fcib]

Use this to calculate voltage drop and resistance and stuff: http://www.calculator.net/voltage-drop-calculator.html

The general rule is thicker for power.

I use 22AWG for all my power wires & sound and 28AWG for my data, teensy buttons, etc.

Basically, don't have some shitty 28AWG wire coming from your power boost to feed everything. Bad idea.

[nickz]

Fair enough, thanks for the response.

I'm just going to pick this up https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B4 ... N6QABYC6HS and use it for the whole project.

[WoodMill]

You may find that the CAT 5 cables might be too rigid. They were for my liking at least.