Re: Aluminum wire in an NST

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Original poster: "David Huffman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <huffman-at-fnal.gov>

I had the same experience a couple of years ago when I de-potted a failed
unit. After removing all the tar I set out to place the unit in an oil bath
container. I scrapped the primary wire insulation off and initially wondered
why it was pre-tinned. It looked like ordinary magnet wire. After trying to
solder to it, it became obvious that it was aluminum. I ended up with a
mechanical connection. Cheap! To bad there isn't light weight magnetic
material that could be used as a core. That and aluminum wire could make a
light NST.
Dreaming on.
Dave
BTW the unit woorks great now. The only problem was the carbon track in the
pitch (tar).

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Subject: Aluminum wire in an NST


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Cydesho-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> I recently dismantled a 9kV 30mA Franceformer that I got my hands on. It
was
> in pretty bad condition, so I decided to just take everything apart to
just
> see what some of the innner workings were like. I was a bit surprised to
find
> that the primary windings on the transformer were made of enameled
aluminum
> wire. Is this some sort of alternative to using magnetic laminations in a
> transformer for current limiting? Would this aluminum wire have any
practical
> use in Tesla coiling?
>                                             Justin
>
>
>