Originally Posted by
Tom Tilmon
I have used the Goth3D Knight Chassis. 22 ga wires for power and return worked fine. I did use PTFE Wire though, which 22 Ga PTFE is as thin as 28 ga normal, because the jacket is thinner. Now, just remember that you are using the larger wire (22 ga) for power and return to neopixels only. The data line, switch wires can all be 30 ga. So, you should only have 2 22 ga wires coming into that wire channel. There is plenty of room for 2 22 ga. wires, and 4 30 gauge wires in that channel. Particularly if you put the data line resistor on the blade, so you can keep it out of the equation as well. In the "lets build a graflex series", remember that he was building in-hilt LEDs there, and had room to cram in his resistors in that same wire channel on the Knight chassis.
On my Proffie Graflex, I was able to cram: 2 22 ga. wires (neopixel power) 4 30 ga. wires (switch wires 2 from switch, one common ground, neopixel data), 2 additional 22 ga. wires for my kill switch in the clamp. THey all fit into the Knight channel.
Good luck on your build. I can't say enough about PTFE Wire, it makes life easy, even when using larger 22 ga wire.
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