Nigel, I said awg, as I susally work with computer stuff, which is all rated in awg (if it was meant to be a joke, i'm afraid it was lost on me... :? )
the table was useful, but would the voltage matter? e.g. 20 swg - 10A, if it could handle 10A at 6v, could it still handle 10A at 100v?
thanks Stevez, plently to think about there, i think i'll just make sure that my wire is rated well above what I need...! I'd never considered voltage drop, it would only be very small though, because of the low resistance of the wire...?
Ok, so last question (promise) are there different qualities of wire?I know you can get professional audio cables, but in terms of different wires, does it make much difference? For example, the internal wiring in an audio pre-amp, as long as it can handle the current and voltage, the only differences between wires would be the sheilding, yeah?
thanks again
Tim
P.S. what I love about this forum is that you can post a question before lunch, and by the time you've had lunch you've already got answers!!