Re: larger wire for a smaller coil

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Subject: Re: larger wire for a smaller coil
From: gweaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 12:20:29 -0700
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

If #18 wire is all you have give it a try.  Its better than nothing at all.
If you come across some smaller wire some day you can always build another
secondary coil and replace the other one.  And its also a learning experence
and lots of fun.  I have built coils with 300 turns and they work, but not
as well as 700 to 950 turns.  Check you phone book yellow pages under
"Electric Motor Repair".  You can get enamel coated copper wire from them
for about $5 to $8 a lb.  

Gary Weaver

At 05:15 PM 12/23/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "chris morgan" <crmorgan-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
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>I have a four an a half inch diameter pvc pipe about three and a half 
>feet long. I got a bunch of wire that looks to be about an 
>18 guage.  Seeing as this is to thick, could I compinsate by having a 
>longer winding length.  I know sec. Q will suffer from a long, narrow 
>coil form, but is this still the case if I use thicker wire and aim for 
>as many wraps as I could get? That would still be a low number, around 
>750. Is this acceptible?  Finding a new coilform shoudnt be a big deel, 
>but if I have to buy wire how much should I expect to pay?   
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>Chris, via the inter-thingy
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