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In these examples, shouldn't the single wire that is spliced out to multiple others be a larger diameter? (For current capacity reasons as explained in earlier lessons)
Or is the current in a 5V sensor supply circuit so small that it can be spliced out to the various sensors with the same gauge wire?
The latter -- sensor grounds and power requiements (even combined) are not anywhere near the wire limits.
Yup, the latter.
If we assume an average current of 50mA per sensor, then a single 22awg wire could handle 100 sensors.
Got it thanks gents.
Follow up question -
Is it acceptable to combine a splice with a terminal? For example:
option 1, single wire terminated with a connector pin which is then spliced into 2 wires,
option 2, instead terminating both wires into a larger capacity pin that is still compatible with the connector.
I ask this question as I'm curious whether it could save a splice for the relays where pins 86 and 30 are in parallel, and instead terminate both trigger and feeder wire into pin 30 (the image attached might make it clearer)
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Yes you can do that. That is my typical method when wiring a relay.
Awesome thankyou.
