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- Circa 1905 solenoid wrapped with 2 wires on each of 8 layers ...1 wire is not connected to any circuit ... any ideas why this would be done?
I have a bit of a mystery with a circa 1905 solenoid and not sure where to turn, hoping someone here might have some insight.
The particulars
Cheers in advance
The particulars
- Circa 1905 solenoid
(application is an electromagnet in a self-winding clock) - 8 layers of windings of 2 different cotton sheathed copper wires
- paper in between each layer
- each layer consists of 2 different wires
- 21 AWG (0.0285") wire
- 26 AWG (0.0159") wire
- 32-35 turns on each layer for both wires
(so the thinner wire is not closely packed on the spool, while larger wire is)
- Only the larger wire is attached to the circuit
(multiple examples of this, so seems intentional)
Cheers in advance