alright, that's what I thought, just wanted to make sure before I burned the house down. ;-) sorry for duplicates I was getting messages returned ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Eddy" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [OT] has anyone made a 'homemade' transformer? > If you use wire with no insulation, you will have a perfect > Electro-Weight. > > Go to radio shack and get the assortment of wire, you will have a ball > with it. Opps. You will have fun with it. > > Chris Eddy > > rad0 wrote: > > > When you make a transformer, do you have to > > use insulated wire?? I was looking at a transformer > > the other day and it seemed to look like 'bare' copper > > wire. Is it insulated with some sort of clear spray, or > > is it really bare copper wire.