Re: Can twisted wire replace shielded wire?



On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:33:41 +0000, Fred Abse
<excretatauris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:24:50 +0000, David wrote:
>
>> On 27 Nov 2005 17:29:03 -0800, Winfield Hill
>> <Winfield_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Since the electrons travel on the surface and multi-strand wire
>>>>>>> has more surface area it should be better <G>
>>>
>>> Only if the strands are insulated from one another.
>>
>> More twaddle. The skin effect doesn't care.
>
>I suggest you read a standard textbook, such as Horowitz & Hill's "The Art
>Of Electronics"
>
>
><FX: Removes tongue from cheek>
Can't I just take your word for it? Books are so yesterday.

.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: Can twisted wire replace shielded wire?
    ... >>> Only if the strands are insulated from one another. ... >> More twaddle. ... The skin effect doesn't care. ...
    (sci.electronics.basics)
  • Re: Capacitors in the signal chain
    ... inductance between solid and stranded wire. ... different from the standpoint of skin effect. ... Insulating the strands with good or poor insulation (poor ...
    (rec.audio.pro)
  • Re: Skin Effect in Solid/Stranded/Litzendraht Wire -Guy Macon
    ... stranded wire *does* help reduce skin effect. ... although the strands are not insulated from each other directly, ... Thus stranded wire ends up somewhere between solid ... The best idea I heard of for speaker cable is heavy extension cables ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Skin Effect in Solid/Stranded/Litzendraht Wire -Guy Macon
    ... stranded wire *does* help reduce skin effect. ... although the strands are not insulated from each other directly, ... Thus stranded wire ends up somewhere between solid ... The best idea I heard of for speaker cable is heavy extension cables - you have thick cables and therefore low resistance, ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Skin Effect in Solid/Stranded/Litzendraht Wire -Guy Macon
    ... stranded wire *does* help reduce skin effect. ... although the strands are not insulated from each other directly, ... Thus stranded wire ends up somewhere between solid ... The best idea I heard of for speaker cable is heavy extension cables - you have thick cables and therefore low resistance, ...
    (sci.electronics.design)