Re: Ballast Question (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:06:17 -0700
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Ballast Question (fwd)

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>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:24:11 -0700
>From: johnbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Ballast Question
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>I have several hundred feet of square wire (slightly larger than AWG10.
>This wire is VERY stiff.
>
>Question: If I heat it with a torch to make it easier to coil,will it
>change? In other words,will it be the same,inductance,resistance,overall
>performance?
>
>Thanks
>j.
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    Are you sure it's copper????  If so "torching it" to red hot will 
certainly soften it and can't affect anything else except, of course, 
the insulation.  You may find heating that amount of wire is a big chore.

Ed