Hello, I am setting up a smart garden with the Oplà kit. I need to create some cables approximately 12 ft long to run between the IoT carrier and the soil humidity sensor. I am having a hard time finding three conductor cable with the same specifications as the wire that came in the kit. The kit came with 24 AWG 300 V AWM 1007 VW-1 single strand wires. I can only find a braided wire version of this, not solid single strand.
One option I've seen that looks like a possibility is 18 or 20 AWG thermostat cable. Can anyone comment on using 18 or 20 AWG wire for this? Will it work well?
@xfpd I honestly had not thought of that, thank you for the idea. However I think the reason I would not is because my goal is to outfit a 12 ft x 12 ft greenhouse with eventually more than one MKR IoT carrier. I'd like to keep the microprocessors and transformers together in a dry area so they are protected and so that I don't need to move them around when I'm replanting the pots. The wiring that came with the Oplà kit is only about 12" long so either way I need to figure out what kind of wire I am going to use.
The stranded wire will be fine, and in fact even superior to solid wire due to higher flexibility/durability. I'm certain the wires in the kit are also stranded.