what kind of wire do I use?

[alizawi]

What kind of wire (guage, etc) is best for connections between my rectifier board and my lm3875 board, and in fact everything else in that project? thanks

Ali B.

[dfdye]

I would use generic stranded copper. Nothing fancy is needed, but pay attention to where you route the wires!! That will have a MUCH greater impact on how your amp sounds that any specialty wires.

David

[edjosh23]

I use Carol 18awg stranded copper.
Its inexpensive and well insulated.
Not sure if you are using a kit or not, but Brian Bell (BrianGT) uses these wires and recomended them to me, they work perfectly with his kit. I originally bought Parts Express's hook up wire, but it didn't fit well because it is 16awg and the insulation was not as good.

Josh

[Bazukaz]

Hi,
It is often stated that you need thicker and as short as possible wire from main filter caps to ICs.In my setup , i use approx 8-9 AWG wire.However , it is hard to solder.I think something between 14-15 AWG would be optimum.
Other wires are not so important.

[Nordic]

Something else I don;t see mentioned is thta it is often advantageous to use a thinner guage wire from the ground on your input to whereever it connects to...

[dfdye]

Originally posted by edjosh23
I use Carol 18awg stranded copper.

That's pretty funny! Here is a picture of one of my rolls of wire (all are the same, just different color insulation)