> Went to local Radio ShOck looking for a coiled wire, enough to feed
> 800mA (6Vdc) to a moving head, first thought was a handset telephone
> coiled wire, all 4 wires soldered in parallel should do... the return
> current goes through ground. That kind of wire size is AWG 28 or around,
> stands aprox 760mA per wire, so 4 wires should do it.
>
> First went to the regular wires section, browsing around, some attendant
> start a conversation:
>
> he: "Can I help you?",
> I:  "Yes, thank you, I am looking for a coiled wire"
> he: "What kind of wire?"
> I:  "Coiled, isolated, to supply 6V, 800mA to a moving head, it can be a
> coiled telephone headset wire. Cell phone lighter car recharger coiled
> wire can not do, it is short"
> he: "NO! you can't use telephone wire to feed 800mA"
> I:  "Why not?"
> he: "Because it is too much current, telephone wire stands few
> milliamps"
> I:  "How many milliamps?, what is the top current for telephone wires?
> what is the AWG size?"
> he: "I don't know!, but it should be far less than half amp"

I know you made this all up, because, between NY, NJ, and FL, I have never
had a Radioshack person who could even carry on a conversation half this
intelligent!