RE: Sources for Free Magnet Wire?

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

Hi Patrick

Huge speakers from the old days have big coils of about 26 or 28 wire that
is not stuck together. This was my wire source when I was a kid.

Godfrey Loudner  

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> Subject:	Re: Sources for Free Magnet Wire?
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> Original poster: "Darin Willson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <darinwil-at-execpc-dot-com>
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> I took one apart once and it had plenty of wire for a small coil,
> the olny problem was it seems like they soak the yoke in enamel
> cuz all of the wire was stuck together quite well. One other thing
> when you pull it appart you may remove some of the insulation
> so it would at least need to be recoated so you dont get arcing
> between winds.
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> Darin
> 10/29/2001 5:56:05 PM, "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
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> >Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>
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> >I won't be able to get a nice spool of magnet wire for a while, until I
> have
> >the oppurtunity to go into the city (Toronto, btw). I was wondering what
> >devices may contain enough wire to at least make a small TC? I was
> thinking
> >an old tv yoke...how much wire would I find on one of these?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Patrick.
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