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SUPERSEDING
J-w-l177A/GEN
September 27, 1976
(See 6.6)
FEDEML SPECIFICATION
WIRE, MAGNET, ELECTRICAL,GENEML SPECIFICATION
This specificationis approved by the Commissioner,Federal Supply
Service, General ServicesAdministration,
for the use of all Federal
agencies.
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1. SCOPE AND CLASSIFICATION
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1.1 Scope.
This specificationcovers electricalmagnet wire of various
classes and types used for fabricatingarmature coils, field coils, solenoid
coils, transformercoils,
and other such windings for use in electricaland
electronicequipment.
1.1.1 Federalspecificationcoverage.
Federal specificationsdo not
include all types, classes, and styles of the commodity indicatedby the titles
of the specifications,
but are intended to cover only those used by the Federal
Government.
1.2 Classification=
Electricalmagnet wire shall be of the following
classes, types, shapes, and sizes as specified (see 6.2.1)s
1.2.1 Classes and typeso
The class of the magnet wire indicates the
thermal evaluationof the material (see 4.7.15).
The class and type designa-
tions for the various magnet wire products covered by this specificationare
listed in the applicablespecificationsheets-
1.2.2 Shapes. The wire shall be round,
square, or rectangularas 6peci-
fied on the applicablespecificationsheeto
For the purpose of this specifica-
tion, square and rectangularwire are hereinafter referred
to as rectangular
wire,
and the smaller dimension as the thickness dimension
1.2.3 Sizes.
Wire sizes shall be specified in bare-wiredimensions; that
is, in specifyingwire sizes (and in referring to them herein), the effect of
the addition of the insulation in increasing the dimensions of the bare wire is
disregarded~
For round wire,
American Wire Gauge (AWG) sizes shall be used; and
for rectangularwire, dimension in inches.
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