Re: A simple question, and the prevention of a VERY expensive mistake.

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>

Matt, 
    I am looking at my wire tables and it appears that you somehow have the DC
resistances off by a factor of 1000. 
Here is what I see: 
10g wire has just under one ohm resistance at 20ºC per 1000 feet.  The weight
you show, is close enough, but how did you arrive at 6.4 KOhms?  As I said
above, I think you may have the DC resistances off by a factor of 1000 and they
are really just Ohms, not KOhms.    
Mike 





>
> For each 12" x 72"  coil: 
> 500 turns of 8ga single build wire 79 lbs/coil          DC resistance 987
> Ohms 
> 1000 turns of 14ga single build wire 40 lbs/coil     DC resistance 8 KOhms 
> 1500 turns of 17ga single build wire 30 lbs/coil     DC resistance 24.3 KOhms
>
> 2000 turns of 20ga single build wire 20 lbs/coil     DC resistance 65 KOhms 
> 2500 turns of 22ga single build wire 15.5 lbs/coil DC Resistance 129 KOhms 
>
> For each 24" x 110"  coil: 
> 500 turns of 4ga single build wire 399 lbs/coil          DC resistance 781 
> Ohms 
> 1000 turns of 10ga single build wire 199 lbs/coil     DC resistance 6.4 KOhms
>
> 1500 turns of 13ga single build wire 149 lbs/coil     DC resistance 19.2
> KOhms 
> 2000 turns of 16ga single build wire 100 lbs/coil     DC resistance 51.5
> KOhms 
> 2500 turns of 22ga single build wire 78.5 lbs/coil   DC Resistance 102 KOhms