Tom Bishop, P.E.
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

Although aluminum magnet wire theoretically can be converted to copper magnet wire of about 5/8 of the original wire area, in some cases this is not advisable. In others, it may result in a change in the magnetic strength of a coil or winding. In this article we will address the most common aluminum-to-copper magnet wire conversions as well as how to deal with whether the wire area should be reduced.

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Categories: AC motors, Stators/windings, DC motors, Field coils, Design/theory/application, Transformers, Wire

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