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fixit7:
Is 26 gauge hookup wire ok for my circuit board ?

I am using PCB boards. I think the holes are the standard width apart.

MarkF:
Sure.
I even use down to 30AWG solid wire-wrapping wire for low current signal connections.

For example:  https://www.amazon.com/YXQ-Breadboard-B-30-1000-Plated-Wrapping/dp/B015L1HVQS/ref=sr_1_17?crid=RV599SW72NHD&keywords=30+awg+wire+wrap&qid=1559853742&s=gateway&sprefix=30+awf+wire%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-17

DDunfield:
Depends on what your circuit board is doing...

If it's jellybean low level signalling etc., it's probably more than enough.

If it's driving the primary side of a high power inverter ... probably not so much.

Wire size suitability depends on the current being carried.

Dave

fixit7:

--- Quote from: MarkF on June 06, 2019, 08:41:37 pm ---Sure.
I even use down to 30AWG solid wire-wrapping wire for low current signal connections.

For example:  https://www.amazon.com/YXQ-Breadboard-B-30-1000-Plated-Wrapping/dp/B015L1HVQS/ref=sr_1_17?crid=RV599SW72NHD&keywords=30+awg+wire+wrap&qid=1559853742&s=gateway&sprefix=30+awf+wire%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-17

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I read where wire wrapping has some advantages over solder. Though corrosion and dirt could be introduced.

Does it work in IC chips too?

MarkF:

--- Quote from: fixit7 on June 06, 2019, 09:32:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: MarkF on June 06, 2019, 08:41:37 pm ---Sure.
I even use down to 30AWG solid wire-wrapping wire for low current signal connections.

For example:  https://www.amazon.com/YXQ-Breadboard-B-30-1000-Plated-Wrapping/dp/B015L1HVQS/ref=sr_1_17?crid=RV599SW72NHD&keywords=30+awg+wire+wrap&qid=1559853742&s=gateway&sprefix=30+awf+wire%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-17

--- End quote ---

I read where wire wrapping has some advantages over solder. Though corrosion and dirt could be introduced.

Does it work in IC chips too?

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You mean actual wire-wrapping or just using the wire as hookup wire to solder?
I use it for both.  Just because I have the wire.  The WW sockets themselves are getting hard to find and expensive.

Wire-wrapping use to be used all the time before PCB were available.
The company I worked for at the time wire-wrapped almost everything.  Large racks (2x3 ft panels with six in a rack).


Edit-
I believe you had to have between 4 to 6 turns per post for a reliable connection.  At least that's what I aim for. 
It's been years since I've seen it used commercially.  It was just as secure as soldering.

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