Dears,

I have a set of four motors with 20 AWG wires that are actually shorter than I need for my new frame.

I don't have 20 AWG wires at home, and the question is.... if i extend the wires with some 18 AWG would it be ok or it may be a problem ? Any particular reccomendation in doing that?

Thank you!

Short of ordering the correct wire guage you could run with 18 AWG on a 20 AWG motor. Sure its not ideal but its not like you will be hitting the theoretical limits since the wire guage of 18 to 20 AWG is within the ballpark.

Or you could use Race wire to extend the length.

(13-Sep-2021, 08:57 AM)kafie1980 Wrote: Short of ordering the correct wire guage you could run with 18 AWG on a 20 AWG motor. Sure its not ideal but its not like you will be hitting the theoretical limits since the wire guage of 18 to 20 AWG is within the ballpark.

Or you could use Race wire to extend the length.

Thanks!

18 AWG is slightly larger so I think it will not introduce any "bottleneck", which kind of issue may I have by using a considerably larger wire ?

However I just ordered Diatone race wire.

https://www.banggood.com/12-PCS-Diatone-...rehouse=CN

They should do the job.

Whenever too wires are spliced they are limited / 'bottlenecked' by the smallest wire. Which in this case would be the original motor wires, so it would be just fine.

I would just do a lineman's splice(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Union_splice), then solder, then wrap in heat-shrink.

Alternatively you use use RaceWire, and just do 6 extra solder joints per arm, which also gives a nice clean look when done.

Also, “race wire” comes as LEDs… so if u want to add LEDs… you can kill 2 birds with one stone..