71 feet of 18 GA enameled copper magnet wire.
9 layers
1st layer 48 turns
2nd 50 turns
3rd 46
4th 52
5th 46
6th 55
7th 47
8th 37
9th 20 turns centered.
Cost of 100 feet of 18 GA enameled magnet wire, approx $16.
Generator coil feeds the AC voltage to the ignition coil. (edited)
WIKI this tech .
woah, 18 gauge? that seems huge. i use 22 for the lighting coils and 24 for the ignition coils.
is it all installed and working? did you copy the 18 ga from measuring hte wire you took off or just a guess?
So 401 turns?
That seems high. Are these numbers from an original coil?
I thought generator coils was usually aroun 200-250-ish turns in total (?).
My bad. 0.030" dia. = 21ga.
18ga was for the lighting coil.
Original coil.
A good piece of knowledge, although I highly doubt I will ever find myself rewinding one of these coils when you can get them so easily.
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> A good piece of knowledge, although I highly doubt I will ever find
> myself rewinding one of these coils when you can get them so easily.
Not so much availability as it is making it good or even better all on your own .
Anyone can buy a 'new' one .
BTW , it's pretty easy to wind a coil . A lot easier than waiting and paying . ;)
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> > Dirty30 Dillon Wrote:
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> > A good piece of knowledge, although I highly doubt I will ever find
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> > myself rewinding one of these coils when you can get them so easily.
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> Not so much availability as it is making it good or even better all on
> your own .
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> Anyone can buy a 'new' one .
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> BTW , it's pretty easy to wind a coil . A lot easier than waiting and
> paying . ;)
Clicking a button and going about my day-to-day is much easier than buying the required wire, and fastidiously counting winds.
$15 + $5 shipping = $20~ to my door
Considering the cost of the wire alone is close to that, I don't think I find my satisfaction in spending more money and losing time.
I guess money comes a lot easier for some than others .
Yeah, I used my whole imaginary trust fund to buy the coil, I did.
I wish I could do that^ . ;)
Who is selling a generator coil for $15?
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