I'm a bit late to this thread but do have some experience with magnet wire. My employer manufactures electrical coils and you'd be surprised at the way the coil winders handle the magnet wire without damaging the enamel. It's pretty tough stuff but it does have it's limitations.
A quick look at the Anti-Cables it's probably vanilla 155 degree solderable enamel that pretty much all manufacturers make. You can dip the wire in a solder pot and the enamel burns off. You can also solder other components directly to the magnet wire without removing the enamel first. The red color is nothing more than a dye added to the enamel to make it visible on the wire itself. We got a batch of wire in that didn't have enough dye and it looked like damaged wire. The red/green enamel color doesn't make a performance difference, it's primarily used to differentiate different windings in a motor. Even though the enamel is thin twisting it together won't damage it. We periodically have to verify the insulation integrity on wire and we do a twist test, which twists a wire together with itself a predetermined number of twists based on wire size (which also elongates the wire as we don't contract it during twisting) and good wire will still pass a 5kV dielectric test. Enamels with an armored topcoat give the enamel more abrasion resistance. With the right tools magnet wire is easy to work with, and not overly difficult when you don't have the right tools. Care needs to be used when removing the enamel to make sure that it's all been removed. After that soldering is straightforward. If you're curious about it pick some up and try it. Just shop around for the wire. That 50' spool on Ebay should only be about $2.15. -- 4mula1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32454 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
