Re: Square Wire

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• Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:20:21 -0500
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From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, July 30, 1997 2:33 PM
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Subject: 	Re: Square Wire

Jeff W. Parisse wrote:


> I just finished winding a 5" dia. x 20" secondary coil with
> 24ga. SQUARE wire and was interested to find that the
> measured Fsec was 50kHz higher than calculated for
> round wire.
> 
> I'm guessing that the increased interturn surface area
> contributed to this observation. Does anyone know the
> technical explanation as to why Fsec would be higher
> with square wire?


Possibly due to square wire's greater tendency to produce 
shorted turns?[smiley]  Does the winding 'ohm out' properly?

-GL

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