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| wiggy:
60W is gonna be WAY overkill for that project, and you could potentially fry something if you're not really careful. 15-20W would do the job (and any other job at this scale) just fine. If it were signal wire, I'd say go with a higher gauge. But I believe you're just running power, so 22G is a better choice. |
| Quazimoto:
--- Quote from: wiggy on June 11, 2018, 10:34:29 AM ---60W is gonna be WAY overkill for that project, and you could potentially fry something if you're not really careful. 15-20W would do the job (and any other job at this scale) just fine. If it were signal wire, I'd say go with a higher gauge. But I believe you're just running power, so 22G is a better choice. --- End quote --- Okay. Thank You so much for the tips. :) |
| Quazimoto:
Little update... Turns out it might not be the chords within the case... Might have been a power supply issue. I was using the micro usb power cable that came with the Raspberry Pi canakit. That was a 5volt 2.5amp cable. Others online suggested trying a 5volt 3.0amp cable, so I bought one of those to test. Haven't seen any more undervoltage issues while testing it for a bit. Soldering worries me a bit (even though it doesn't SEEM that hard), so I'll be delighted if I don't have to do it (would still probably replace those inner cables if I could find someone to do it for me cheapish), but for now, the new power cable seems to have resolved the problem. We shall see... |
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