Re: Magnet wire source?

["Hans Scholze" <hanscs-at-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Two good sources I've found are solenoids and degaussing
coils from computer monitors.  I built one secodary that is
3 x 16 from salvaged wire.  Half was from a solenoid winding
and the other half was from a degaussing coil.  It worked
well and the solder joint didn't seem to affect it.  To join
the two wires, I wound until I ran out of wire, then put a
dab of CA glue at the end, leaving about 1/4" sticking out. 
I then butted the second wire up against the first one and
CA glued it in place as well and continued winding.  I
didn't strip and of the varnish off of the wire, but just
placed a small blub of solder at the joint after applying
flux.  It worked great and the joint is almost unnoticable. 
I made another 4 x 20 secondary out of three pieces of wire,
but haven't tested it yet.

Hans

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "kevin wilson" <thebiggiantkevin-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Im working on my first coil and being a full time electronics engineering
> student, I'm usually broke. Can someone tell me if I can use the windings
> from an old electric motor? And if so what size motors usually have at least
> 1000ft of 24 or 26 AWG? Are there any other cheap sources of magnet wire?
> What's the difference between magnet wire and regular copper wire anyway?
> Any help would be appreciated.
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