Just find something 1/2" diameter and wrap the wire around it. Try to use a length of wire with no kinks in it.
The trick is to start with a nice straight piece of wire. I have rolls for straightening brake line tubing that also do a great job of straightening wire.
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just searched ebay, amazon and digikey and only 16ga i found was like 100 ft roll .
these are insane expensive in the 100 bucks range.
i have lots of solen inductors for xovers , is this wire ok?
thanks i know that these may be dumb questions
gordie
just searched ebay, amazon and digikey and only 16ga i found was like 100 ft roll .
these are insane expensive in the 100 bucks range.
i have lots of solen inductors for xovers , is this wire ok?
thanks i know that these may be dumb questions
gordie
Any wire around 16 gauge will work, but if it's already been wound, it'll be hard to reuse. If there's a motor rewind shop or automotive alternator rebuilder near you, they should be able to fix you up. You need around 30" per coil.
Try to stay away from Belden wire. It's really hard (not annealed) and comes off the roll with a small kink every 3". Very hard to work with.
Try to stay away from Belden wire. It's really hard (not annealed) and comes off the roll with a small kink every 3". Very hard to work with.
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the marking on the board shows i think 8 winds.
what is the exact number of turns?
Wind it as long as needed to physically fit the holes in the board. This will usually be 12-14 turns, more turns for smaller gauge, fewer turns for larger gauge. I get small rolls of magnet wire from a local junk-monger and just wind by hand over an AA or AAA depending on what fits the board.
Are your output devices grouped together (prior layout) or spread out evenly (current layout)? There is nothing wrong with either, but the inductors are done very differently. Sounds like you may have the older boards with the horizontal inductor, in that case wind as I mentioned previously, like the pic >HERE<.
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your picture drives me crazy. when i see this sexy board filled it makes so eager to finish.
my boards i have had since i bought in 2014. going to run 2 mono blocks with 625va 60-0-60.
working on both chassis just at winter
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Slewmaster sound
Goodday all and happy new year !
I am still busy with the chassis of the slewmaster that I'm building and far from finished but I just want to find out if everyone is happy and content with the sound of their builds. Bipolar and mosfet output stages ? 🙂
Goodday all and happy new year !
I am still busy with the chassis of the slewmaster that I'm building and far from finished but I just want to find out if everyone is happy and content with the sound of their builds. Bipolar and mosfet output stages ? 🙂
I have a been more then happy with the slewmasters. I have both bjt and mosfet output. I prefer the bjt but in all fairness I have not A/B tested the preference.
Great stuff Evan. If you have to compare them to your OEM amps, how would you say they would fare ?🙂