Could this be used as an inductor?

[bill poster]

bobbin of enameled silver plated copper wire 1.2mm 10 metres

http://shop.conrad-uk.com/components...es/605646.html

[billfitzmaurice]

bobbin of enameled silver plated copper wire 1.2mm 10 metres

Only if enameled.

[johnnyrichards]

10m will get you about one inductor.

[bill poster]

I don't know what mH value one wd get with 10 metres /1.2mm of wire but seems like an interesting possibility to make a quality inductor at a cheap price (ie uk prices are silly)

[rone]

I don't know what mH value one wd get with 10 metres /1.2mm of wire but seems like an interesting possibility to make a quality inductor at a cheap price (ie uk prices are silly)

you could get 2, 0.07-0.08mH inductors!

[bill poster]

lol! ok, *splat* egg in my face moment. how many metres to get say, 3mH?

[rone]

lol! ok, *splat* egg in my face moment. how many metres to get say, 3mH?

inductors that big require cores to get a reasonable DCR

with 50m of that wire, on a 50mm core, about 19mm long, with ~210 turns, you would have a 3mH inductor with dcr of just under 0.8 ohms

[emersiveav]

I dont think that wire is insulated as the 1st responder suggested. Its going to be a dead short and wont do anything for you if its not insulated!

[MGrant1957]

You would be better off just buying a spool of enameled wire from someplace like Digi-key. get any size you need too.