[Elecraft] Another Toroid question

[redmen1969 at optonline.net]

Hi Gang,

I guess this falls under the heading of ..."You see I'm really lazy".

How critical is the mistake (which I make often) where I seem to inevitably cross one of the turns under the other?

Of course I usually notice this around midnight, when I can hardly see anymore.
Thanks for your comments

Tom M, wb2qdg
Friend of Bill W.
No friend of toroids.

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hammond <n0ss at earthlink.net>
Date: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:16 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Trouble With Torroids

> Hi Rich:
> 
> >If the below statements are true (and I'm not suggesting they are not
> >true).....why not use bare (no enamel) wire and eliminate the enamel
> >stripping and attendant problems???
> 
> Well... you COULD... BUT can you GUARANTEE that neither you, nor 
> any other 
> builder, will always be dimigent enough to NOT allow ANY of the 
> windings to 
> touch either other, or adjacent components, and that you'll never 
> accidently corss two turns, thus causing them to short out to each 
> other 
> (in turn lowering the inductance)?
> 
> Try it just once and you'dd see the wisdom in using enameled wire.
> 
> Also, try it with non-heat-strippable enamel-coated wire and 
> you'll also 
> see the wisdom in using heat-strippable enamel as well.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Tom Hammond   N0SS
> 
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