Hello,

This is my first tube kit, Zen Kit #1.  I am using ceramic chassis mounted tube sockets and will solder wires from the board to the socket.  I have a couple questions:

1. what is preferred wire gauge for this?
2. is there any advantage using shielded cable vs stranded copper vs solid copper etc.
3. what about the jacket of the wire - any thermal concerns that would steer me to a particular type of jacket?
4. Any concerns about noise with respect to wire length, should they be braided etc?

That's enough for now - your comments are greatly appreciated.

goso64

Bobc, thanks for your response.

I plan on experimenting with various tubes. If I mount the sockets to the board, I'm concerned I will stress the board over time with numerous insertion/removal of the tubes. So chassis mount is the current plan. The wires from the board to the sockets will be very short.

Thanks again