Since a CAT5 cable's individual wires are a single strand I am not sure it will take to much repetitive movement before breaking. I would rather see multi strand wires where you have to move the wires a lot.
Mark http://www.isthmusmodels.com --- Jack Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to agree that the telephone connectors are > not > really designed for much current. I use RJ-45's by > the > thousands, but the current in a standard telephone > circuit is usually 20 mils. I don't think I'd really > recommend this for wing servos, now that I really > think about it. The CAT-5 cable in most patch cords > is > 26 awg. We get them in 24 awg for special > aplications, > but not normally. CAT-5 cable has each pair twisted > at > a different rate to prevent crosstalk. I usually > look > to another source for servo wiring, but the 24 would > do fine, and the 26 would be OK for short runs. > > Jack Womack > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
