43 gauge Poly Nylon Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool
$39.95
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
43 gauge - Slightly finer than 42 gauge, this wire has a nominal diameter of 0.0022". Each half pound spool contains approximately 33,000 feet of wire.
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 |