Not sure what gauge...
From Ray Carlsen,
"...the wires in that [original A500 PS] cable are pretty thin, same as in a C128 PS cable... copper is expensive. Commodore got around that by installing a "sense" line, the fifth wire in the cable. It provides feedback to the PS board so that when the load on the +5VDC is increased (computer on) the PS feeds out a little more voltage to compensate.
The new [modern] power module has no such sense line, so I use heavier gauge wire to minimize the voltage drop in the cable."
(snip)
"I wonder how those modified Amiga power supplies would hold up when the load is very
heavy... when the user has added enhancements such as extra RAM, hard drive and CPU accelerator."
(snip)
"I use #16 wire in a 5' cable to feed a C128 and go to #14 for longer runs or to feed an Amiga which I know to be a power hog."
Back in California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmJuly 29-30 Commodore Vegas Expo v13 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex
