RE: Secondary wire q / Ozzie 2nd hand-NSTs? (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:51:00 -0700
From: Pete Komen <pkomen-at-zianet-dot-com>
To: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: RE: Secondary wire q / Ozzie 2nd hand-NSTs? (fwd)

I just got 11 pounds of 20 ga. magnet wire from a local motor repair shop
for $4.50 per pound.  The guy there said that smaller sizes are higher cost.

Pete



Justin,

Just a little FYI on your magnet wire. At 5000 ft. I figure that you have a
little over 6 pounds of wire, and at $63, it works out to over $10 a pound.
I dare to say that's a little steep. From what I've seen, the going rate for
magnet wire is $6 to $7 a pound from manufacturers and suppliers. I found a
good supplier in E.I.S Circuit Supply.( They have offices around the country
and a web site) They have what you need for $3 to $5 a pound in single,
double and quad build. There is a $100 minimum purchase, 2 or 3 #10 rolls,
but that should not be a problem if you're an avid coiler or transformer
winder.

Keep on Coilin'

Ronn
(Teslamanian Devil)

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        Subject:        Re: Secondary wire q / Ozzie 2nd hand-NSTs?

        Original poster: Pyrotrons-at-aol-dot-com

        Hi Simon and All.....
        >snip<
        A side note: If anyone is planning on purchasing magnet wire from
any other
        place than the MANUFACTURER, be careful. The manufacturer sells it
in
        beautifully wound spools, very smooth with no kinks at all. Other
places (ex.
        motor rewind shops) might take it off the original spool, and
scramble wind
        the specified amount onto their own spool. This puts a load of bends
and
        kinks in the wire.....and makes your secondary look like crap if you
don't
        smooth each and every bend out as you go. There are hundreds of
bends,
        literally. It's been my experience that Mouser Electronics
Corporation
        (www.mouser-dot-com) sells some really pretty wire. Their rates are
okay, keeping
        in mind they are a huge corporation. I got 5000 feet of #24 for
$63.00. Of
        course, if you search you can find some killer deals (motor
shops!!), but I
        was a beginner at the time and wanted a hassle-free company to deal
me a
        spool of hassle-free magnet wire. You get what you pay for.

        Take care everyone,

        Justin Hays
        KC5PNP
        Email: pyrotrons-at-aol-dot-com
        Webpage: www.hvguy-dot-com