I purchased at Ace Hardware a Bell Wire, and it says on the back for low voltage use up to 48 volts it is a solid/very sturdy wire with a green instulation i have three questions;1) can/should i use it to wire 3 3v led's to a nine volt battery or is it to thick of wire?( to thick meaning the 9v wont fill the whole wire resulting in loss of electricity)2) Can/should i wire 2 12v 12amp batteries an extremely short distance with it or is it not of high enough quality(like gauge).3) is there such thing as overkill? ex: using 12 guage wire for 2v or is it just unreasunable to do thatPs. Sorry for all the confusing launguge i dont know all the correct terms, im trying my best.
Bell wire is solid copper wire that is used to hard wire door bells. It can be used for any low voltage, low power application.
Those color sleeve wires was designed for the use of telephone line wring. Phone system uses 48V DC power and that is why it marked good up to 48V.
Bell wire is is just fine for all of it. the 48 volt limit is probably due to the insulation not being very thick. I assume this is #18 wire? Somewhere it says ## AWG(american wire gauge) 22 or 24 is great 18 is a little large but it's OK. 1 Yes you can use it to power 33V LEDs to a 9 v battery but 9 volts may not be enough because the Batt. may sag too much. If that doesn't work add a 1.5 volt batt.(AA) in series making 10.5V and add a 500 ohm potentiometer, making the brightness variable. remember that the brighter it is the shorter the battery life. 2) I don't know what you are going to power with these batteries. The 12 amps is CAPABILITY not what it puts out. It can supply up to 12 amps while still supplying up to 10.5 V. 3) There is overkill like using 12 gauge wire to supply 0.3 Amps. It says you don't know what you are doing. We both know that ,but; you don't need to advertise it, we can keep it a secret. It is obvious that you need to learn some things about volts and amps. Write to me and ask I will tutor you. We can bring you up to speed.OK? You will either have to let others contact you on answers or send me your email address for me to reply by email.
