Re: Old questions, new free time

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Original poster: "chris carsten by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ctom-at-toast-dot-net>

Ben, Yes you can use it if you untwist it, I have a secondary with 24 ga. 
wire from twisted pair communication wire. It must be solid and not a
stranded type conductor. I would think that unless you are scrounging it
would be best to use regular magnet wire as the untwisting is quite a time
consuming/ frustrating job. Then you have to find a good way to spool it up
without kinks or knots so you can store it before winding your secondary.
However if the wire is free and you have the time/ patience go ahead.
Chris from Ohio

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>Subject: Re: Old questions, new free time
>Date: Fri, Dec 28, 2001, 1:18 PM
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> Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Thanks for all the help!
>
> I thought of another question concerning wire:
>
>   I can get twisted pair thermostat wire (24 ga) in about
> 600 ft rolls.. they only problem is that the wire is
> twisted together.. is it possible to wind a secondary with
> the wires twisted together, or would I be better off to
> untwist them and just use a single wire?
>
> Ben McMillen
>
>