Stubblefield coils (bifilar) and speculations

[storre]

Hi Bill!

Hopefully a lot of posts = a lot of progress

What is this wire stripping tool you refer to. I can't get romex where I'm at but have standard 1, 2 and 4mm wire that is insulated normally. Would love love to find a way to strip it other than with a pocket knife

[resonanceman]

Thanks Joe.
I had no idea one was bare

jeanna

If  you  are buying  romax  maake sure  you  check  the  gage of  all the wires  before  you  buy

For  some applications  they are allowed to make the  ground wire ( the bare one )  smaller


gary

[resonanceman]

Where I'm at they don't use romex. I had to buy a 100M roll that is plastic insulated and then strip it by hand! Got a nasty blister doing it :-/ so next time will try to make something so I can slice it lengthwise some way.

Storre

Romex is  just  a name it is  commonly  called ........what  you are using is  probably the same ........  it is the way houses have been wired here in the USAA for  well over 50 years 

3 wires   together in one casing ..........the  ground wire usually bare .


gary

[storre]

Yes I know it. I use to live in the US but in Brazil they use individual wires and feed them through conduit. It's nice in that you can add wires later and change things around without tearing down walls. Maybe they also use romex in office building construction but in houses what is typical is one neutral and one phase and NO ground! Even all appliances you buy here don't have grounding. I wired my house with all american plugs with ground but not using romex. I wonder if there is any other application for bare copper wire. Bare iron was easy to find but all copper I can think of will have a plastic insulation. Well it should be easy enough with a good stripper to take it off.

[Localjoe]

@ All
sorry i forgot to mention the stripper for the romex, im so use to the local lumber yard just handing me one as a kickdown when i go to pick up wire i thought it was like something they gave free everywhere for it.  Its just a little piece of metal bent in a u with a prong sticking inward so when you squeeze it strips the coating then put one end in a vice grip or use your hands to pull.
                                                                                                                               Joe
The pic below is the closest i could find to describe the steel cable im using heres at link and discription



Stainless Steel Cable (Type 304)
http://www.webriggingsupply.com/pages/catalog/wirerope_cable/wirerope-intro.html