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Old 04-07-2010, 10:08 PM   #191 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I use flat phone cord a lot, the fuse should be sized to protect the wiring if you are concerned about shorting something out. One amp should be more than sufficient...
Thanks dcb.
I don't know what gauge flat phone cord is but my guess is pretty thin. I looked up wire gauge amp capacity and even a 28 ga. wire will carry an amp, unless it's enclosed in some kind of conduit (or maybe inside a hot engine bay), in which case 26 ga. will do it. I have 20 ga. wire so I think I'm covered.

Sorry - I might be bringing way too much detail to the project - but being not even semi-educated in electronics I thought I'd better ask rather than make an asssumption.

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