42 gauge Poly Nylon Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool

Poly/Nylon - 'Modern' Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool

This is the type of coil wire used for most of the pickups being built at this time. The copper wire has a single layer of polyurethane as the insulator with an overcoat of nylon.

Technical

42 gauge - This is the most common gauge of wire used in building and rewinding most modern electric guitar and bass pickups. This wire has a nominal diameter of 0.0025". Each half pound spool contains approximately 25,000 feet of wire......generally enough to do 5 or 6 single coil pickup or 2 to 3 humbuckers.

Specifications

Nominal Diameter	Bare Copper						Single Build
	Diameters			Resistance			Minimum Increase	Overall Diameter
				(Ohms/1000 ft.) **
	min	nom	max	min	nom	max		min	nom	max
[AWG]	[inch]	[inch]	[inch]	[Ohm/1000ft]	[Ohm/1000ft]	[Ohm/1000ft]	[inch]	[inch]	[inch]	[inch]
44	0.0019	0.002	0.0021	2,305	2,589	2,873	0.0002	0.0021	0.0023	0.0024
43	0.0021	0.0022	0.0023	1,922	2,137	2,352	0.0002	0.0023	0.0025	0.0026
42	0.0024	0.0025	0.0026	1,504	1,652	1,801	0.0002	0.0026	0.0028	0.003
Nominal Diameter	Area	Single Build					Recommended Winding Tensions	Elong.
		Lbs./ 1000Ft	Ft/lb	Ohm/lb or /gram *	Wires/Sq.ln	Ohm/Cu. ln.
	nom	nom	nom	nom	nom	nom
[AWG]	[circ. mils]						[g]	[%]
44	4,00	0.0125	79,798	206,897	206,611	44,641	22	21
43	4.84	0.0151	66,092	141,619	176,611	31,536	26	22
42	6.25	0.0195	51,313	85,147	127,551	17,638	34	24