[TowerTalk] Rotor Control Cable

[Mike Reublin NF4L]

Keeping the color code straight would be tedious...

73, Mike NF4L


> On May 9, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Timothy A. Holmes <taholmes160 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Guys - another one for the pile of questions
> 
> I was looking through the DXE catalog the other night and noticed that 8 conductor rotor cable is .89 cents a foot, and 4 conductor is .29 cents a foot.  ASSUMING (and yes, I know the rules about assuming) Since I haven't looked it up online YET, that the wire gauge is the same in both types of cable, is there any hurt, harm or danger in using 2 runs of the 4 conductor (total of about 60 dollars) vs 1 run of the 8 conductor (about 90 dollars)?
> 
> I should note that I am currently using 2 runs of cable for the rotor and it works great -- I want to do this "right" but I also want to be sensible with my budget
> 
> Thanks
> TIM
> W8TAH
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