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Re: possible source for magnet wire.



Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
>
> Greetings all,
>    I just stumbled across a company that has what seems to be decent enough
> prices for some HV caps(suitability for TC work unknown at this time) and
> magnet wire.  I imagine that you can find better prices for the magnet wire
> if you look hard enough, but I just got 1500 ft of 16g wire for about $135.
>  I decided to get this because I am too lazy to search for a better price.
> They had 15,16,18,23.26,30, and 32g wire available.
>    For those who might be interested, the website is
> www.electronicsurplus-dot-com and their phone number is: (216) 441-8500.  They
> e-mailed me a short catalog of the caps they have in stock and a price list
> for the wire.
>    Oh, and one final note:  If anyone is interested in buying some 21g
> magnet wire, let me know offlist.  I have about 50lbs available for sale.
> I will let it go for $5/lb.
>   Mike
>
>

OUCH .....    1500 feet of #16 for 135$ ???


McMaster Carr sells it for around 40 $

#21 goes for around 42$ for 3500 feet  ( 9 lbs or so )

Scot D