@@GOTH3Designs ....Thank you for that! Can't tell you how many times I've run out of room with all those 22AWG wires....Is there some sort of calculator or guide you recomend for calculating AWG based on LED load? (sounds like I can also use a smaller AWG for a 5050 single or dual pixel crystal chamber as well)
@@Shinkaze33 welcome 👍 There are indeed chart showing how many amp a particular wire gauge can take, but you don’t need to bother with that. For saber install it’s rather always the same: - battery + and - => 22 AWG - NPXL + => 22 AWG - NPXL - => most often 2 x 24 AWG (or 22 AWG) - NPXL data => 28 or 30 AWG - Speaker => 28 AWG - accent pixel strips (2020) => 28 AWG - single crystal pixel => 30 AWG - switches => 30 AWG Now, another key point aside of the wire gauge is the wire insulation. You can have issues with silicone or else. It’s most often mandatory to go with PTFE insulation. Then there is the insulation thickness, we’re you should go for the thinnest available because they can also make a big difference when it come to pass wires through 3mmOD tubes for example. The Saber Armory / @krsabers sells the thinnest PTFE wires for each above mentioned gauge, so there is the recommendation where to source them ☺️
So beautiful! It would be a dream come true for me to get one of these. I’m not kidding, I actually dream of these master chassis.
keep doing videos like this 🙏🏼
That helping hands tool is so cool I stopped the video halfway through to look it up and bought it immediately 😅 keep up the great work bro!
Thanks a lot!
Those helping hands are really cool, and was a mighty gift from @SabersForever :D
That's an inspiringly clean build! What AWG are you using for Power and Ground on the 2020 Neopixels? Looks way smaller than 22AWG?
Thanks 🙏
Those 2020 strips are only 5 pixels, so there is no need for 22AWG. Here 28AWG are used 👍
@@GOTH3Designs ....Thank you for that! Can't tell you how many times I've run out of room with all those 22AWG wires....Is there some sort of calculator or guide you recomend for calculating AWG based on LED load? (sounds like I can also use a smaller AWG for a 5050 single or dual pixel crystal chamber as well)
@@Shinkaze33 welcome 👍
There are indeed chart showing how many amp a particular wire gauge can take, but you don’t need to bother with that.
For saber install it’s rather always the same:
- battery + and - => 22 AWG
- NPXL + => 22 AWG
- NPXL - => most often 2 x 24 AWG (or 22 AWG)
- NPXL data => 28 or 30 AWG
- Speaker => 28 AWG
- accent pixel strips (2020) => 28 AWG
- single crystal pixel => 30 AWG
- switches => 30 AWG
Now, another key point aside of the wire gauge is the wire insulation. You can have issues with silicone or else. It’s most often mandatory to go with PTFE insulation. Then there is the insulation thickness, we’re you should go for the thinnest available because they can also make a big difference when it come to pass wires through 3mmOD tubes for example.
The Saber Armory / @krsabers sells the thinnest PTFE wires for each above mentioned gauge, so there is the recommendation where to source them ☺️