Were to buy wire?

[crazyirishman34]

I am trying to find the best place online to find stranded wire to wire the inside of my control box.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Best bet is to just go to store and buy the 50' rolls of wire. They cost about $12 locally to me. Farm stores, or hardware stores all have it in a variety of colors. You really don't need a 500' spool of wire which is what you generally find online.

 

[crazyirishman34]

MMy problem is I really don't have anyplace close

 

[Airplanedoc]

Westmarine sells 12ga primary wire in 100' spools

 

[blaster_54738]

I just got a couple extension cords and cut those up because wire is stupidly expensive around my parts so depending on the size you need that may be an option

 

[AllanMar]

You shouldn't use primary wire, its not rated for high voltage. Its meant for automotive use.

 

[DubBrew]

I know you said you are looking for wire for the inside of the panel, but I thought I'd mention this site which is what I used for the power cords. It tough to find sites that sell 10/3 or 10/4 by the foot.:

http://genuinedealz.com/

 

[prandlesc]

MMy problem is I really don't have anyplace close

No Home depot or Lowes?

 

[crazyirishman34]

I live in the city with no car so I am on the subway. We have some home depot s but they are in the burbs so not easy to get to.

 

[shuckit]

Neighborhood hardware store should have wire by the foot. Cleveland Circle, Harvard St. Call them, see what they have.

 

[Airplanedoc]

You shouldn't use primary wire, its not rated for high voltage. Its meant for automotive use.

Its good for 600V How high a voltage you going to push thru your control panel? Its not SAE wire, that is why I recommended West Marine

http://catalogs.westmarine.com/WebProject.asp?CodeId=7.7.1.4&BookCode=wmm13&pagelabel=423#

 

[AllanMar]

Its good for 600V How high a voltage you going to push thru your control panel? Its not SAE wire, that is why I recommended West Marine

http://catalogs.westmarine.com/WebProject.asp?CodeId=7.7.1.4&BookCode=wmm13&pagelabel=423#

Yes, that marine grade stuff is. But I was refering in general, most primary wire you see at auto-parts/HomeDepot/Lowes/Harbor Freight/etc is only rated to 60VDC.

 

[crazyirishman34]

I found the THHN wire online at homedepot.com it is rated for 600v and oil/gas resistant. They have up to 10 gauge wire in 50ft spools in all the colors we are looking for red, black, white and green.

 

[tjash]

I bought both 10 and 14 gauge THHN by the foot at Home Depot, but that was only after screwing up and wiring 2/3rds of my panel with low voltage primary wire. That was a fun night when I realized what I had done!

Mine is a simple 1 element, 1 PID, 1 pump eBIAB, so YMMV, but I used about 15 ft of red and white 14 AWG, and just a couple feet of green and black. Only used 2 or 3 feet of each in 10 AWG.