High Temp Enamelled Copper Wire?

[Syd Rumpo]

Anyone know of a - preferably UK - source for small quantities of
enamelled copper wire for use up to 220'C ?

Just a few metres of around 0.25 and 0.8mm diameter would suffice.

Cheers

 

[Bill Sloman]

Anyone know of a - preferably UK -  source for small quantities of
enamelled copper wire for use up to 220'C ?

Just a few metres of around 0.25 and 0.8mm diameter would suffice.

http://wires.co.uk/acatalog/ml_ec_wire.html

They certainly sell small quantities, though 500grm's is probably
going to be more than a few metres.

I've bought stuff from them, though mostly via

http://www.scientificwire.com/acatalog/search.html

Farnell does regular enamelled copper wire, but it doesn't seem to
have any high temperature enamelled wire.

 

[amdx]

http://wires.co.uk/acatalog/ml_ec_wire.html

They certainly sell small quantities, though 500grm's is probably
going to be more than a few metres.

I've bought stuff from them, though mostly via

http://www.scientificwire.com/acatalog/search.html

Farnell does regular enamelled copper wire, but it doesn't seem to
have any high temperature enamelled wire.

I usually go to my local electric motor rewind shop.
Mikek

 

[Syd Rumpo]

http://wires.co.uk/acatalog/ml_ec_wire.html

They certainly sell small quantities, though 500grm's is probably
going to be more than a few metres.

I've bought stuff from them, though mostly via

http://www.scientificwire.com/acatalog/search.html

Farnell does regular enamelled copper wire, but it doesn't seem to
have any high temperature enamelled wire.

Thanks, Bill, I had looked there, but nothing close enough to the right
sizes, however on looking again I notice they say to contact them as
they have more, so I have and we'll see.

It's an interesting site, lots of pretty things.

The frustrating thing is that a former employer had loads of the stuff,
which I often used but never took any heed of whence it came, and I
can't really ask for commercial reasons.

Cheers

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Thanks, Bill, I had looked there, but nothing close enough to the right
sizes, however on looking again I notice they say to contact them as
they have more, so I have and we'll see.

It's an interesting site, lots of pretty things.

The frustrating thing is that a former employer had loads of the stuff,
which I often used but never took any heed of whence it came, and I
can't really ask for commercial reasons.

Cheers

I don't think it helps you at all, but Sandvik sells small quantities
through Amazon.com, and they have 240°C rated wire (polyimide
insulation). Shipment cost to Europia seems to be in the 100 GBP
range.

 

[Bill Sloman]

I don't think it helps you at all, but Sandvik sells small quantities
through Amazon.com, and they have 240°C rated wire (polyimide
insulation). Shipment cost to Europia seems to be in the 100 GBP
range.

It might - but it depends how deep Syd's pockets are and how desperate
he is for specific wire gauges.

I was paying close to 50 GBP for my 500 gram reels of wire, so 100 GBP
might not be so unreasonable if it gave you access to something closer
to the exact wire gauge.

 

[Syd Rumpo]

It might - but it depends how deep Syd's pockets are and how desperate
he is for specific wire gauges.

I was paying close to 50 GBP for my 500 gram reels of wire, so 100 GBP
might not be so unreasonable if it gave you access to something closer
to the exact wire gauge.

Actually, wires.co.uk just emailed to say they have some 0.71mm (close
enough) which they'll put on the website tomorrow, so problem solved,
thanks.

It didn't occur to me to look at Amazon though. Odd that a supplier of
such esoteric stuff should sell through them.

Cheers

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Actually, wires.co.uk just emailed to say they have some 0.71mm (close
enough) which they'll put on the website tomorrow, so problem solved,
thanks.

It didn't occur to me to look at Amazon though. Odd that a supplier of
such esoteric stuff should sell through them.

Cheers

Amazon, and Amazon Supply are becoming formidable challengers to the
established old-line distributors.

 

[Mr Stonebeach]

Amazon, and Amazon Supply are becoming formidable challengers to the
established old-line distributors.

A good hint, thanks. No EU branch yet, it seems.

About the OP's wire source request: I have also gotten wire through
scientificwire.com, which Bill hinted about. Polyester insulated
Cu wire, which is good for cryogenic use, too, although it is
originally
intended for high temperatures. They also used to sell prefabricated
twisted pair. Now, it's not too difficult to twist ones own pairs,
but the prefabricated stuff had differently colored enamels on the
two wires, which was nice for polarity detection.

Regards,
Mikko

 

[josephkk]

Anyone know of a - preferably UK - source for small quantities of
enamelled copper wire for use up to 220'C ?

Just a few metres of around 0.25 and 0.8mm diameter would suffice.

Cheers

Sounds like samples is the way to go. Look up "transformer wire
insulation class" (or a variant) to find which variant suits your
application best.

?-)

 

[DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno]

Sounds like samples is the way to go. Look up "transformer wire
insulation class" (or a variant) to find which variant suits your
application best.

?-)

Military surplus web sites.