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Slowplane · 04-21-2015, 01:05 PM

My Sparton horn worked, for a while. It quit and, after I let the smoke out of it, I see one coil is cooked. I've read up on rewinding the field coils, and have in hand 80 feet of 20 AWG magnet wire (200C).
The procedure seems straight forward (stripping, 48 wraps, opposite direction, soldering, etc.) tho' I've never done this job before.
My questions are, "is there anything in particular that I need to be aware of, and should I do both coils while I'm at it?"
Thanks for any input from the barners'; its greatly appreciated, Jeff

04-21-2015, 01:05 PM	#1
Slowplane Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sonora desert, Arizona Posts: 293	Sparton field coils My Sparton horn worked, for a while. It quit and, after I let the smoke out of it, I see one coil is cooked. I've read up on rewinding the field coils, and have in hand 80 feet of 20 AWG magnet wire (200C). The procedure seems straight forward (stripping, 48 wraps, opposite direction, soldering, etc.) tho' I've never done this job before. My questions are, "is there anything in particular that I need to be aware of, and should I do both coils while I'm at it?" Thanks for any input from the barners'; its greatly appreciated, Jeff