Poly/Nylon - 'Modern' Coil Wire - 1/2 lb Spool This is the type of coil wire used for most of the pickups being built at this time. The copper wire has a single layer of polyurethane as the insulator with an overcoat of nylon. Technical 44 gauge - Finer still than 43 gauge, this wire has a nominal diameter of 0.0020". Each half pound spool contains approximately 41,600 feet of wire. Specifications Nominal Diameter Bare Copper Single Build Diameters Resistance Minimum Increase Overall Diameter (Ohms/1000 ft.) ** min nom max min nom max min nom max [AWG] [inch] [inch] [inch] [Ohm/1000ft] [Ohm/1000ft] [Ohm/1000ft] [inch] [inch] [inch] [inch] 44 0.0019 0.002 0.0021 2,305 2,589 2,873 0.0002 0.0021 0.0023 0.0024 43 0.0021 0.0022 0.0023 1,922 2,137 2,352 0.0002 0.0023 0.0025 0.0026 42 0.0024 0.0025 0.0026 1,504 1,652 1,801 0.0002 0.0026 0.0028 0.003 Nominal Diameter Area Single Build Recommended Winding Tensions Elong. Lbs./ 1000Ft Ft/lb Ohm/lb or /gram * Wires/Sq.ln Ohm/Cu. ln. nom nom nom nom nom nom [AWG] [circ. mils] [g] [%] 44 4,00 0.0125 79,798 206,897 206,611 44,641 22 21 43 4.84 0.0151 66,092 141,619 176,611 31,536 26 22 42 6.25 0.0195 51,313 85,147 127,551 17,638 34 24
