Re: Magnet Wire Sources

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

Hi All,

Dodge-Phelps will probably send you to Express Wire Service.  They did that
to me.  They are great to work with.  The salesman I dealt with is also
interested in coiling.  Prices are about what I used to pay when Fay had a
shop in Oshkosh.  Their website is at www.expresswireservices-dot-com

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "john cooper" <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com>
 >
 > I would avoid Essex wire and, if at all possible, wire that has been
 > re-spooled (this means buying large spools, 80+ lbs), and would recommend
 > Dodge-Phelps magwire.  I've gravitated to exclusively using Heavy Duty
 > Armored Polythermalize magwire, also referred to as high temp wire.  I've
 > gone the cheap wire route and got sick and tired of saving a few bucks a
 > pound to later lose hours and hours of labor due to the poor quality of
 > much of the cheaper wire in the marketplace.  You can contact Dodge-Phelps
 > directly and they'll hook you up with a distributor.
 >