Wire guage

[ChrisKazoo]

Hi Guys

Starting to get parts for my first antweight. Was wondering what guage wire people use? The lipo has 20awg, should I stick with that throughout?

Also how do people split circuits to make parallel ones?

Cheers
Chris

[Shakey]

That should be fine, though to be honest I normally just reach for the nearest bit of wire that looks right :P The drive on my 4WD pusher is thin single core wire. I don't think it really matters as much for Ants.

And for circuit splitting... Soldering multiple wires to one terminal :P Like for 2 motors in parallel one will be wired normally then another wired to the terminals of the first motor. Never had a problem in years of running a robot like that.

Ants don't really need anything special most the time. Normal rules apply though, twist the motor wires keep servo wires away from drive wires etc.

[ChrisKazoo]

Ok thanks.

I've got 2 escs to go in parallel from the battery and was thinking there's not much room for 4 wires to come out of a 2 pin JST : /

[duff]

20awg is fine, you can get away with much thinner too. I find the 24awg stuff from hobby king is excellent. Plenty thick enough and incredibly flexible and cheap.