..Just curious about insulated wire for winding....
I have an 8" toroid 1.5KVA with 10awg and unwound(clipped off) the enameled wire to bring down the secondary voltage. heh...unfortunately I overzealously took way too much off and in dismay looked at the pile of bits of short enameled wire from the assault. So I had some ordinary 3wire10awg house wire(white,black, bare ground) and rewound the the toroid with the white insulated wire to get back to the desired voltage. It works fine and so far doesn't get warm as am not overburdening with max draw but am wondering....
The question is...
Will this type of "coated" wire impair the function of the transformer in any way I should be worried about?
I used solder and heavy shrinktube to connect the "enameled" end and new wire before rewrapping....and had to go completely around the toroid one and a quarter times....about 50 to 75 ft of wire.
Last edited by Bloy2004; 04-17-2005 at 01:40 PM.
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