Will 28 guage wiring work?

[jsummit]

Hello All,

Almost ready to do the soldering for my saber build! I have around 26 guage (very thin) stranded copper wire. Will this work?

[RedneckJedi]

I saw some videos on youtube on the custom saber shop and he was talking about 28 gauge wire being ideal. Search custom saber shop on youtube. Just from a few videos you can gather a lot of information.

[jsummit]

Yeah, just checked TCSS wiring and they sell 28 gauge, so it must work.

[Noyl Wendor]

28 and 26 gauge wire will work. TCSS stocks 28g now. I would not suggest using anything smaller for battery or RC ports. The smaller gauge wire may not be able to take the load from a charge or discharge from the battery/charger.
I've been using 28g for some time. Many of the builders who are far more experienced than myself have been using it for a very long time.

[jsummit]

Yea, I'll probably match the wire gauge that is currently on the battery and use that for the (battery to re-charge port to card assembly). I'll use the 28 on the rest.

[Silver Serpent]

I've wired up entire sabers with nothing other than 26 gauge. Works fine.

I've also done it with thicker wire. It makes cram-fu more difficult.

[jsummit]

Just checked with Tim at TCSS and he said the 28 gauge is fine. I happen to have that on hand, so I will probably just go with that for everything in the build.