From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Homemade litz with THHN wire?
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:27:42 -0700
Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
I tried it with smaller 36 awg magnet wire and will never attempt it
again since if you try it with more than a 10-20' length you'll most
likely end up with a mess. At the very least it's more time consuming
than winding a 1500T secondary by hand, especially if you're trying to
build up to 8 awg (100's of strands). The trick is to make sure that each
and every strand is on the outside surface of the cable equally without
winding it too tight (increases length of individual strands and dc
resistance).
I think that the main reason to use litz wire is to avoid eddy
currents in the wires. The same reason for transformer cores
being made of laminated plates. So, it's not important how the
wires are organized.
Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz