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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
That's funny, our team is exactly opposite! We prefer stiffer wiring for use on the robot. We find we can keep things neater with the stiffer wiring by having straight runs and precise bends, even though it can be more difficult to work with in some situations on the robot.
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We're in the other camp. We've seen too many stiff wires break from repeated flexing, often in locations we didn't expect any flexing to happen.
We buy TEW wire for #12 and smaller as it is more flexible than T90 (THHN/THWN). Quantity-wise, we buy at least a 500' roll of each as the cost per foot is so much better.
For battery leads, we buy #6 welding cable as it is very flexible. Quantity-wise we buy 100' whenever we get low.