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Friday, June 18th 2010, 1:10pm

by HooKooDooKu

According to http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/instal14.htm
for residential applications, 18 guage wire is fine upto 200'

Friday, June 18th 2010, 9:36am

by DrumKirk89

Wire Gauge

We bought a house with an existing sprinkler system, although not automatic. I am planning on adding automatic valves, controller, pump relay, etc. I've read that 18 gauge wire is the proper wire to use for burying, but I have to run 125 ft. of wire from the valves to the controller at the house. Will 18 gauge be alright running that distance or should I run a lower gauge wire like maybe 16 gauge?