[Shop-talk] wiring question

[ejrussell at mebtel.net]

True. Ideally you might want to power the horn with a relay - use the 
switch to control the relay. Short relatively large gauge wires deliver 
power to the relay & then to the horn. The light gauge (& likley 
longer) wires are used only to trigger the relay. 

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC

Quoting Wayne <wmc_st at xxiii.com>:
> Not a dumb question at all. Neither of us bothered to look it up on the
> 'net, but right off, I'd say 16 ga is too light.