I'm building my first CBG and its a 3-string CBG I was winding my pickup and the wire broke , My question is, Can magnet wire be spliced and the pickup still work right? I have around 1200 turns on the pickup. Dang%$&^!! NEED HELP PLEASE, and Thanks.
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What's your winding setup? I found myself breaking the wire all the time when I first started. I got very few breaks after resting the spool of wire on the floor beneath the bobbin - the wire comes off easily. Also make sure the surfaces of the bobbin are mega smooth - even the tiniest burr will cause the wire to catch! I'm just thinking prevention is better than cure...
Its a build on a budget its a hand crank winder and the wire is recycled from Ac adapters.
One other option would be to leave both ends of the 1200 turns you have already, and tape them off on the bobbin. Now start a new coil that lays over top of the first one. Then you should end up with 4 loose ends. Two overlapping coils on the same bobbin. Then just solder the 4 loose ends together to make 2 wires.
I don't have any of the copper tape so I'll try soldering it I guess, might be hard just soldering just the wire together, not all that good at soldering. Thank you.
Take each end of the pickup wire, scrape the insulating off with your fingernail or a piece of fine sandpaper.
Either wind them together and solder them, or use a small piece of copper tape like you use to shield a pickup cavity.
I have had to do that a few times, and it works.
Yes, you can!
How do you go about splicing it I'm at a lost, thanks.
What you want to do is a "Western Union" splice like this:
Then solder and keep wrapping. If you're using magnet wire with solderable insulation, you don't even need to strip the wire first (test on some scrap wire first!)
Thanks