Re: Litz

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• Subject: Re: Litz
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 11:40:30 -0700
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I've always heard litzendraht, shortened to litz wire. Of course
litzendraht wire might be redundant (wire, wire)....  

The origin sounds like it is just a descriptive term, because true litz
wire is braided or woven.

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Litz
> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 7:52 PM
> 
> Original Poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 
> 
> Ralph Zekelman wrote:
> 
> > >From a German-English dictionary:
> > 
> > litz+draht = woven wire
> > litzendraht
> 
> Interesting. So "Litz wire" is a translation error. It would be
> interesting to track the origin of the name.
> 
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
> 
> 

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