We're going to retrofit some motor control cabinets which currently have ten 1/2 hp motors controlled by A-B 1203-GKs and A-B SMP starters. The replacement will be a devicenet flex I/O adapter, 1794-ADN, driving standard 'dumb' coil starters.
The Dnet to the 1203's is daisy-chained from one end to the other (in on the left, out on the right), occupying about seventeen inches of horizontal real estate. Incoming side of the trunkline is not a problem. However, the trunkline is not going to reach from the outgoing side to the ADN module.
So, my question is: Are there any pitfalls to making up my own trunkline out of stranded AWG #12, on hand, with the correct colors to bridge the gap? I'm thinking of the economics of buying a roll of trunkline to get maybe twenty feet of cable.
Thoughts?
The Dnet to the 1203's is daisy-chained from one end to the other (in on the left, out on the right), occupying about seventeen inches of horizontal real estate. Incoming side of the trunkline is not a problem. However, the trunkline is not going to reach from the outgoing side to the ADN module.
So, my question is: Are there any pitfalls to making up my own trunkline out of stranded AWG #12, on hand, with the correct colors to bridge the gap? I'm thinking of the economics of buying a roll of trunkline to get maybe twenty feet of cable.
Thoughts?