Vero 29 poke in wire gauge ??

Mafiaal

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2018

• #1

Anyone know the max wire gauge on the Vero 29se poke in models?

Also stardaned or solid? Which is better?

 

JavaCo

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2018

• #2

18 gauge solid wire

 

Mafiaal

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2018

• #3

You know i spent so much time combing the spec sheet for the 29’s And didn’t see it... and the kicker is i saw this video once before some weeks back too. Lol

Thanks JavaCo

 

GBAUTO

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2018

• #4

I just used 18ga bell wire. Solid core, just make sure that the insulation jacket has sufficient rating for the voltage it's going to see.

 

Mafiaal

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2018

• #5

I believe the wire i order is rated at 300v and i have 4 COB @52v .. should be ok.

 

pulpoinspace

Well-Known Member

• Aug 28, 2018

• #6

i use 22awg stranded wire rated to 600v. run a 1.4 a 280v series never had any problems.

ill probably rewire with 18awg but rapid sent me this 22awg stuff and it works fine.

 

Mafiaal

Well-Known Member

• Aug 29, 2018

• #7

pulpoinspace said:

i use 22awg stranded wire rated to 600v. run a 1.4 a 280v series never had any problems.

ill probably rewire with 18awg but rapid sent me this 22awg stuff and it works fine.

Click to expand...

Cool good to know. I'm wondering if there is less resistance with the thicker wire but then again the runs are short that it wouldn't make a difference. I'm guessing.

 

Mafiaal

Well-Known Member

• Aug 29, 2018

• #8

So decided to google and try to answer my own question about the resistance, i found an online calculator.
https://www.cirris.com/learning-center/calculators/133-wire-resistance-calculator-table

3ft or 1m with 18awg copper wire has a resistance of 0.019Ω
22awg " " 0.048Ω
24awg " " 0.077Ω

Not sure about stranded wire but thought this was interesting and clearly not a huge difference.