Re: splicing magnet wire

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi Steve,

Go ahead and splice it.  I would keep the splice as close to the base as
possible.  I had to use 10 lb spools of 14 ga on my old 15" coil.  I covered
the splices with corona dope before varnishing, and had no problems.

David E Weiss


 > Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello List,
 >
 > I was wondering if anyone has had any success using spliced magnet wire on
a
 > secondary coil? I plan on winding a 10" x 50" coil pretty soon. I am going
 > to run it at 5- 8KVA. The problem I'm having is finding a continues roll
 > that contains enough  wire  . I will need about 16lbs of 18AWG.  I  can't
 > afford to buy new so I am forced to ebay for it. It looks like the most I
 > will be able to get per roll will be 10lbs. If I go this route I will have
 > one splice at about 1/3 the winding length. Would it be better to place
the
 > splice near the bottom or the top of the coil?
 >
 > Thanks for any input,
 >
 > Steve Vance
 >
 >
 >