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  1. 08-05-2012, 08:32 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by meh View Post
    yes and the odd color that it has..i would assume copper..but again i have never seen that color before..it was from a high end PA..lots of silver and gold throughout..so i was just wondering if it was something other than copper..the case that it was in was air tight so i wouldnt think that it would need coating..i found numerous other windings with just bare copper.
    Anytime wire is wound in a coil like that it has to be varnished or it would short out and burn up from touching. That is hair copper,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Anytime wire is wound in a coil like that it has to be varnished or it would short out and burn up from touching. That is hair copper,
    will any wire wound be varnished? even if it looks like bare bright?

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