28 Mar
2006
28 Mar
'06
8:14 a.m.
On 3/28/2006 at 7:31 AM John Foust wrote:
Hmm, after examining litz-wire.com, I'm not so sure
any more.
What I remember is that the conductive part of the wire was
a thin ribbon and wound around a silky core like a tight candy cane,
and there were several strands of this inside the plastic sheath.
Litz wire was very useful for winding high-Q LF and MF inductors. Used to
be that most IF transformers and quite a few RF chokes were wound with it.
I guess it was pretty much rendered obsolete with the advent of ferrites.
From the looks of it, it's now almost the exclusive
domain of antique radio
enthusiasts.
Cheers,
Chuck