Hook-up wire same as conductor wire

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
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I’m looking for different color hook-up wire to use on my 7x12 HO scale layout’s sidings and my yard. I already have black and red on the main.

Hobbylinc.com sells both conductor and hook-up wire. Are they the same thing? If so, is this suitable wire to use on the sidings and yard? http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mdp/mdp2304.htm. What are other good sites to use if not that?

Thanks,

Lee

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Well, yes, “hook-up wire” and “connector wire” mean pretty much the same thing. But, that’s not a very good price. It’s a 9-foot section of 4-conductor wire for $3.59, plus shipping. It doesn’t say what the wire gauge is, but you can get a hundred feet of 4-conductor phone wire from places like Home Depot for about $12.

For spools of single-conductor wire, which is what you’ll do most of your wiring with, go to places like www.allelectronics.com and buy hundred-foot spools. You may have an electronics place close to you, but if you do order online, put together a bunch of stuff to reduce the shipping cost.

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I, too, buy my wire from Allelectronics.com .

http://www.allelectronics.com/index.php?page=seek&id[m]=pattern&id[q]=wire&x=0&y=0

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Don’t buy ANY WIRE from ANYONE if they don’t tell you what the gauge of the wire is. (AWG)

It doesn’t matter what they call it, you are buying a pig in a poke and you will be sorry in the long run.

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Radio Shack sells various gauges of solid hook-up wire in a variety of colors. For example, 3-25’ spools of red, black and green 22 awg solid costs $8.29. I am assuming you are looking for feeder wire.

Dante

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I got my 22 AWG solid feeder wire from Hobby Enginering…lots of colors, 25’ rolls, $3.49 each.

http://www.hobbyengineering.com/CatSPW22S.html

I got my 16 gauge stranded buss wire at Lowes (5 colors or more).

I used 24 AWG stranded pair wire for Tortoise power from the control panel, from All Electronics. Available by the foot ($0.12).

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/WRB-24/24-AWG-RED/BLACK-AUTO-ZIP-CORD/1.html

If interested, I got 3M suitcase connectors and some terminal blocks from Mouser, http://www.mouser.com/?cm_mmc=google-_-ppc-_-americas-_-Local%20Campaign%20(Texas)&gclid=CKPyypuspa4CFQNeTAodlRlgSg ; mini DPDT toggle switches, bicolor LEDs and terminal blocks from All Electronics.