Correct wire size for servo/stepper motors ? Dummy question

[the great waldo]

Hi Jazz
Thanks for the input. I will be running extra cable for the power lines and will keep them as far away as possible from the signal lines. I'll be using Ölflex screened cable from lapp. I'll be using plug connectors (Locking) up to the machine and then from the boxes with the connectors hard wired to the motor drivers to minimize the chance of things shaking loose. I'm not really sure if the Alarm connections and the enable connections are required/neccessary. The machine is going to be for home use and not industrial but I would like to make everything as well as is possible even if it costs more (I've got a box full of screwdrivers that were cheap and only usefull for stirring paint, some of them couldn't even get the lid off the paint can!! ) But my trusty old red handled stanley screwdrivers I bought 40 years ago still work fine. Cable lenghts are not going to be very long as the control box will only be a few feet away from the machine (not much room in the home workshop) I'll have a bus bafor the earth in the control box to run all the earths to and leave the machine end of the screened cables screen open (Just earthed at the control box to cut down on earth loops)
Cheers
Andrew