On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 13:15:53 GMT Bill wrote:

David Forsyth wrote:

As far as I can see, these web sites are offering cloth-covered stranded
wire, such as would be used for hook-ups under chassis and such. I'm
looking for "D.C.C." wire such as was used for winding coils. I guess it
would be considered "magnet wire" ?

"Magnet wire" is not fabric-insulated. Instead, it has a coating of
varnish, formvar, etc. It will work well for winding coils, but it
won't look like DCC.

I believe DCC is actually what was used in the early days for what we
today call "magnet wire." I'm not old enough to be sure of this, but
my impression is that varnished magnet wire replaced SCC, DCC, SSC &
DSC at some point. No doubt this conversion took place over some
period of time.

I would draw a distinction between DCC, etc. and "fabric covered"
wire. I believe the DCC, etc. was just a simple wrap of fibers meant
to take up a minimum amount of space while still allowing close-wound
coil turns to be insulated from each other, while fabric covered wire
was covered with fibers which were actually woven together making it
much more durable. Fabric covered wire was more likely to be used as
hook-up wire, rather than coils.

Others on this list can probably pin this down better.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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