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What wire should I run to my meter boxes?

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I am in the process of remodeling a wash right now. Last weekends task was removing the meter boxes so I could replace them with larger ones that have 10 position rotary switches and card readers. I dont understand yet how everything is wired into the bay and figure I will learn that much when I get there.

For now I am wondering if I need to pull new wire to each box so that I can increase the amount of functions that were being used previously? Right now each bay has 2 cables with 5 wires in each strand (I know the picture has 3 cables but its an outliar next to the ER) and also a speaker wire that goes to a speaker up by the boom.

I am thinking I want to just pull new wire because it will never again be this easy. What gauge should I run? How many total wires do I need for all functions?

Should I also run a CAT6 in case my Nayax readers need to be hardwired to an internet connection? T-Mobile cell service is really bad at the site.
 

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This should be more conductors than you could ever need. I haven't found anything at a better price by a long margin. You can go as small as 22 ga. but bigger is always better.

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Cat 6e wire is really cheap. It certainly wouldn't hurt to run some to the bays.

Can you make your photos smaller? I could almost make something out in one of them.
 
Pull new wire. For the cost and effort you will save yourself a ton of potential headaches. I have dealt with a lot of people who tried to save a bit of money and time trying to reuse wiring like yours and it never turns out well. The 15 conductor MEP posted is enough for now with a 10 position rotary switch. You should have a couple spare wires left over for future use with that.
 
KR also sells a bundle with a few more wires for a little more. I always use it so I have plenty of extra wires.
 
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