magnetic wire

Do you mean "magnet wire", the kind of ultra-thin wire used to wind
electro-magnets? I wouldn't think so, but I'd check its ability to
carry the current load you need (typically a couple of hundred milliamps
at 12 V.) without getting warm or worse.

If you REALLY mean magnetIC wire (wire that's attracted to a magnet)
then it would be made out of iron and typically wouldn't be very useful
in electrical work.

- Herb


bambam wrote:

Hi, Just wondering if magnetic wire is OK.for use in wiring a dollhouse.
Bambam

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:49:49 -0700, "bambam" wilma@bedrock cafe
wrote:

Hi, Just wondering if magnetic wire is OK.for use in wiring a dollhouse.
Bambam

Magnet wire has a varnish insulation coating which can be difficult to
remove. My preferred material is the individual conductors from multi
conductor telephone cables as used in commercial installations (ask
your phone man) The plastic coating on these wires is easily removed
by pulling the wire between finger and thumbnail. If you must purpose
buy material, I suspect "wire wrap" wire would work well.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Hi, Just wondering if magnetic wire is OK.for use in wiring a dollhouse.
Bambam

Yes magnet wire,sales person at Radio Shack told me it would work but I had
my doubts. Thank You.
"Herb" wrote in message ...
Do you mean "magnet wire", the kind of ultra-thin wire used to wind
electro-magnets? I wouldn't think so, but I'd check its ability to
carry the current load you need (typically a couple of hundred milliamps
at 12 V.) without getting warm or worse.

If you REALLY mean magnetIC wire (wire that's attracted to a magnet)
then it would be made out of iron and typically wouldn't be very useful
in electrical work.

- Herb


bambam wrote:

Hi, Just wondering if magnetic wire is OK.for use in wiring a dollhouse.
Bambam

If it can carry the load it's an interesting approach! You could use
"round-wire" instead of tape but with the advantage of there being no
need to route grooves in walls/floors/ceilings, etc. Are you going to
try it?

To make connections with it, use a little sandpaper at the ends to
remove the lacquer insulation. It can be a little awkward to work with -
easy to kink and hard to straighten out again.

- Herb

bambam wrote:

Yes magnet wire,sales person at Radio Shack told me it would work but I had
my doubts. Thank You.
"Herb" wrote in message ...
Do you mean "magnet wire", the kind of ultra-thin wire used to wind
electro-magnets? I wouldn't think so, but I'd check its ability to
carry the current load you need (typically a couple of hundred milliamps
at 12 V.) without getting warm or worse.

If you REALLY mean magnetIC wire (wire that's attracted to a magnet)
then it would be made out of iron and typically wouldn't be very useful
in electrical work.

- Herb


bambam wrote:

Hi, Just wondering if magnetic wire is OK.for use in wiring a dollhouse.
Bambam

Yes,I think I'll hook up a string of lights with it and see how warm it
gets.
"Herb" wrote in message ...
If it can carry the load it's an interesting approach! You could use
"round-wire" instead of tape but with the advantage of there being no
need to route grooves in walls/floors/ceilings, etc. Are you going to
try it?

To make connections with it, use a little sandpaper at the ends to
remove the lacquer insulation. It can be a little awkward to work with -
easy to kink and hard to straighten out again.

- Herb

bambam wrote:

Yes magnet wire,sales person at Radio Shack told me it would work but I
had
my doubts. Thank You.
"Herb" wrote in message
...
Do you mean "magnet wire", the kind of ultra-thin wire used to wind
electro-magnets? I wouldn't think so, but I'd check its ability to
carry the current load you need (typically a couple of hundred
milliamps
at 12 V.) without getting warm or worse.

If you REALLY mean magnetIC wire (wire that's attracted to a magnet)
then it would be made out of iron and typically wouldn't be very
useful
in electrical work.

- Herb


bambam wrote:

Hi, Just wondering if magnetic wire is OK.for use in wiring a
dollhouse.
Bambam