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Volume Controls that Accept 12 Guage??

I broke down and am buying in-wall speakers for background music driven from my main amp (maybe a new one?) for areas of the house away from my main set-up. After doing some research, I went with 12 gauge KimberKable as the wiring. Whoops!! Despite some serious research on my part I can't find in-wall volume controls that handle anything larger than 14 gauge wire. Oh the humanity !!! That seems to be a bit self defeating but I already spent the money on the wire and had it installed. Please let me save some face here. Anyone know of volume controls that would work??
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sean
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If you are trying to fit the wire into the eyelet on the L-Pad, you can do either of three things.

1) Slightly enlarge the eyelet in the terminal to accept all of the strands.

2) Solder the wire to the terminal without slipping it through the eyelet.

3) Do as Bob said and reduce the strand count on the wire. The small reduction in gauge or conductor size at this point shouldn't make any noticeable difference. Sean
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