Re: !!!Magnet Wire!!! TI-H: URGENT regarding EL backlight

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Subject: Re: !!!Magnet Wire!!! TI-H: URGENT regarding EL backlight
From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu (Mel Tsai)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 11:42:55 GMT
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Keep in mind that EMF != electromagnetic interference.

>I don't know if this discussion is still going on but i've said it
>before, and it's worth restating.  Magnet wire AKA Winding wire is
>designed for making magnetic fields when wound around a iron core.  This
>is the same wire in all those DC motors in your slot car, RC Car,
>basically any electric motor.  You can also wind this wire and run a
>current through it to make an electromagnet.  While none of us expected
>this much interference, this is very much unshielded wire designed with
>the explicit purpose of causing an EMF.  Usually, you have to wind it
>into a coil/cylinder many times to form a decent field, but the high
>power of the EL panel must override that.  I would recommend not using
>magnet wire for anything but magnets/armatures.  You can find plenty of
>small wires that are suitable.I have some regular, insulated copper wire
>about 1/32 in diameter.

-Mel

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