how to tell a flatwind coil?

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

just wondered if there was any way to tell if its a flatwind coil. i did some searching but couldnt find anything

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[sundownz Pro Seller]

Not to be obvious... but the wire will be flat. If you look through the frame windows (if it has any) it should be noticeable.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

^ ur so wrong Jake,gzzzzz.

correct answer, flat wound has round wire and round wire coil has flat wire...

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

^ ur so wrong Jake,gzzzzz.correct answer, flat wound has round wire and round wire coil has flat wire...

Huh lol?

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Rockford Fosgate® - Glossary

 

[mbrooky 10+ year member]

Huh lol?

he was being sarcastic lol......flat wound has flat (square) wire and round wire coil...has....round wire..lol

 

[mbrooky 10+ year member]

FLAT

ROUND

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

there is also square wire.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

there is also square wire.

As well as hexagonal.

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

You can easilly get into semantics.. I generally refer to a flat wind coil as using ribbon wire, and an edge wound coil as using square wire...

However, the RF site above shows a 'flatwind coil' as using square wire.. and some manufactures will refer to a ribbon wire coil as being edge wound... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

You can easilly get into semantics.. I generally refer to a flat wind coil as using ribbon wire, and an edge wound coil as using square wire...

However, the RF site above shows a 'flatwind coil' as using square wire.. and some manufactures will refer to a ribbon wire coil as being edge wound... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

I honestly wasn't going the route of semantics, I just thought some would be interested. Morel has always used hexagonal wire for their coils. For this topic though, I think it's a given that the shape will be rectangular, and that the flatwound or edgewound descriptor is indicating the orientation of the wire to the former. With edgewound coils the wire is usually a single layer with the small edge to the former, wound like a Slinky, and with flatwound you will have multiple layers with the wider part of the wire to the former. I realize you already know this, this is just for the others who don't.
Edgewound.

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[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

what makes one handle more power than the other?

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Coil mass/material, along with the cooling properties of your motor.

 

[ahole-ic]

what makes one handle more power than the other?

Surface area. Voice coil power handling = heat dissipation

With more surface area, the heat can be more efficiently transferred OUT of the voice coil.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

its mr douche to u...