Re: Sources for Free Magnet Wire?

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Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Some TV's also have a coil of wire around the front of the tube, connected 
to chassis ground.  Sometimes it's just a single copper wire or a braided 
strap.  I got one such coil of nice heavily-enameled wire.  It was wrapped 
with black vinyl tape.

Nick A
Denver, CO, USA


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Sources for Free Magnet Wire?
>Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:37:14 -0700
>
>Original poster: "R Heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
>
>on 10/29/01 3:56 PM, Tesla list at tesla-at-pupman-dot-com wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> > <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>That's no yoke.  The wire on TV yokes is glued together tight and dosent
>come apart. Old washer solonoids contain enough wire to do a secondary coil
>and the wire is easly unroled once you remove the metal straps. auto 
>starter
>solonoids have good wire,but less of it.
>    Robert H
>
>
>


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