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Re: salvaging wire



Original poster: "Christoph Bohr" <cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello Alan.

With most motors, the wire is wound into
a loop shape, then bend into a more
rectangular shape and the long parts, that
go through the laminations, are packed into insulating
paper, then driven into the slots of the lamination
pretty hard and then impregnated very thoroughly.
When replacing a defective winding
u usually remove the old one with a hammer or similar,
in most cases it will not be possible to save any usable
length of wire. Another problem is that parts of the winding
will be webbed together, so you will have a hard time
removing single rings of wire.
If you have to salvabe wire, you might have more luck with
transformers or bobbins from contractors or magnets.

IMO not worth the effort.

regards

Christoph Bohr




----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:01 PM
Subject: salvaging wire


> Original poster: ajones18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to salvage wire from old motors. I've
> looked at these lots of times and don't see a way to get the wire out
> whole. It seems the wire is wound through the laminations and would have
> to be pulled out a loop at a time.
>
> Just hate to throw the wire away when a coil could be wound from it.
>
> Alan
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