leftover battery box wire

[jwa]

Hello everyone,
                        My first post here. I have begun working on my Quickie.

I have discovered that with the Cerebral Palsy in my right hand and leaving extra length for stripping mistakes, that I still had problems with cutting the wire for the battery boxes. I  have ended up cutting the wires almost  too short to join per the instructions. 

Also, while stripping them, I have cut into the wire strands. I  am wondering if the soldered  connections will be sound.

With all the preceding out of the way, can I substitute some  22 g. solid copper core wire for the battery box leftovers.

Thank you,
John

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Hello John,

Sorry to hear of your building troubles. You can wrap any battered insulation with some electrical tape as a precaution, but the voltages in the Quickie are low enough that it's not much of an issue.

22 g solid core wire will work well for the rest of the circuit and be pretty easy to use.

-PB

 

[jwa]

Paul ,
        Thanks for the reply.

        John