Motor wiring?

[mass-hole]

Does anyone have a suggestion on where I can get good wiring for motor leads? I can get 12 ga stranded wire anywhere but its usually pretty stiff.

[midwest_rippa]

tekin sells some pretty nice wire. called flexwire. https://www.teamtekin.com/shop/index...product_id=101

[Inspector86]

This suff is the most flexible 12ga wire I have ever run across.

https://www.rpphobby.com/product_p/wsd1410.htm

[Voodoobrew]

I just order wire from ebay thats silicone coated, the stuff i got was good, is there bad silicone coated wire?

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by midwest_rippa

tekin sells some pretty nice wire. called flexwire. https://www.teamtekin.com/shop/index...product_id=101

Good wire for sure, but it's expensive to buy separately as is most RC branded wire.

Originally Posted by Inspector86

This suff is the most flexible 12ga wire I have ever run across.

https://www.rpphobby.com/product_p/wsd1410.htm

More flexible than Tekin's? The price of this Dean's stuff is a quarter of Tekin's.

Originally Posted by Voodoobrew

I just order wire from ebay thats silicone coated, the stuff i got was good, is there bad silicone coated wire?

Cheap stuff isn't as good as good stuff. You can get crappy insulation and less flexibility with the cheap stuff. I can't speak about conduction and resistance.

[svt923]

I like the TQ wire 13G stuff when I actually have to buy wire. It is about the size of most 14G wire on the outside but about the same as 12G wire on the inside.

https://www.amainhobbies.com/tq-wire...qw1331/p238324

Most of the time, I end up using the spare wires that get horded away because they may be the right size one day.

[GA Dawg]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

More flexible than Tekin's? The price of this Dean's stuff is a quarter of Tekin's.

I have never used the Tekin wire for comparison, but the Deans wire is plenty flexible. I have used it for years.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by svt923

I like the TQ wire 13G stuff when I actually have to buy wire. It is about the size of most 14G wire on the outside but about the same as 12G wire on the inside.

https://www.amainhobbies.com/tq-wire...qw1331/p238324

Interesting!

Most of the time, I end up using the spare wires that get horded away because they may be the right size one day.

The guys on RCTech seem to love TQ Wire.

Originally Posted by GA Dawg

I have never used the Tekin wire for comparison, but the Deans wire is plenty flexible. I have used it for years.

[Jim85IROC]

How much flexibility is really necessary? In most cases the ESC and motor are close to each other, if not right next to each other, so the wire doesn't need to snake through a labyrinth of obstacles. Throw a little heat shrink tubing over a coat hanger and it'll work.

If you want to pay a premium for the fancy stuff with the silicone jacket, that's good, but if not, any stranded 12 AWG wire will do. The electrons won't care.