How Many Feet of Wire Is Needed For A Humbucker?

[tonedeciple]

If I wind a humbucker with AWG 44 wire (polyester coating), how many feet of wire would it take if I wanted 12k Ohms DCR?

[peskywinnets]

If I wind a humbucker with AWG 44 wire (polyester coating), how many feet of wire would it take if I wanted 12k Ohms DCR?

I once unwrapped a 12k pickup made of 44 AWG & laid the wire carefully by a long road - I paced it out at approximately 4527.13ft.

You might not have access to a long road, so perhaps a more scientific way is .....the spec for 44 AWG (ie 0.05mm diameter) that my supplier sells is 8.70 ohm/mtr (@20C)

12,000 ohms divided by 8.7 = 1379.3103448275862068965517241379 metres

Which converted to feet is ....

4525.24137931

It looks like my manual 'roadside' calculation was pretty close.

[David Schwab]

That's more than 3/4 of a mile!

[tonedeciple]

It looks like my manual 'roadside' calculation was pretty close.

That's the same calculation I was looking at using as a rough basis for ordering wire. I usually make only one or two pups at a time, but a friend and fellow luthier has asked me to wind 15 humbuckers and six single coils for him.

Also, I'm looking at Brocott and BAE on ebay for wire. Does anyone know of a cheaper source is are they it?

[tonedeciple]

That's more than 3/4 of a mile!

I'll have my wife hold the bobbin while I hold the finish end and walk towards my son's school, which is 3/4 of a mile from my front door. Of course, I'll have to stop traffic.

[Bill M]

I'll have my wife hold the bobbin while I hold the finish end and walk towards my son's school, which is 3/4 of a mile from my front door. Of course, I'll have to stop traffic.

You guys are nuts!

[Stan H]

LMAO