Re: Magnet Wire Sources

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

I order "samples" directly from Essex, prices seem fair, the spools I wanted
were 10 pounds. You need to order as a company, they don't sell to people.
The wire you get from the manufacturer will as new and clean as you can get
it, not chipped spool specials.

KEN

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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:52 PM
Subject: Magnet Wire Sources


 > Original poster: "Daniel Barrett" <dbarrett1-at-austin.rr-dot-com>
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 >      Hey List-
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 >      It's been a couple of years since I bought any magnet wire. Then, I
 > purchased it from Mouser. They no longer seem to carry 8 pound spools. If
 > anyone knowss a good source for about 8-10 pounds of #22 and you are ok
 > with sharing your source, can you recommend some good places? Or if anyone
 > has some they want to get rid of...
 >      The single MOT coil coil finally fried it's secondary. We left it on
 > for a while just to be sure ;). Got 18J worth of caps and added a second
 > MOT for about 3kVA, just need to wind a new one that can take the abuse...
 >
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 > TIA,
 > db
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