Aluminum Wound Strings

[Don]

Hi Greg,

That is why I use a fridge magnet they have a relatively weak field and
will NOT stick to the core through the aluminium winding.

At 05:45 AM 3/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Don & list:
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>There is only one problem with that test for aluminum-the magnet will
stick to the
>core wire.
>Now, maybe you are assuming that some of the winding be removed for testing
>first?  :-)
>Just a thought...
>
>Regards,
>Greg Torres
>
>Don wrote:
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>> Hi Susan et al,
>>
>> To test for iron vs aluminium strings simply try to stick a fridge
magnet on
>> the strings--if it does you have iron, if not aluminium.
>>
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Regards, Don