Re: Litz Wire

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

On 8 Mar 2005, at 7:55, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Christoph Bohr" <cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Helllo Folks.
>
> I can only watch the list once in a while over the
> alst few weeks so excuse me if I missed something in this
> thread, but one idea came to my mind:
> I do not think ordinary "household" litz wire will do any
> good for a secondary over solid copper, expect when you
> wind a 2 foot diameter coil it might be easier to work with ;-)

Household Litz ??

> But what about that spacial RF litz, that is composed of
> ssingle strands that are isolated from each other.

That _is_ Litz wire. Uninsulated strands don't count.

Malcolm

> I once read about people winding their secondarys in several
> layers claiming imprived performance, wouldn't using this litz
> be more or less the same... several parallel windings with
> exactly the same length?...
> Onca again, just a thought
>
> best regards
>
> Christoph
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