these transformers are wound as bifilar (2 wires) which are generally twisted together. winding these transformers is very easy. all that is required is two 7 to 8 inch pieces of #28 awg enamel coated wire and an ft37-43 ferrite toroidal core. a vise, ruler and a brace and bit drill are also very useful. i got my brace and bit drill at a garage sale for two dollars. you need to twist the 2 pieces of wire together so that there is around 8-10 twists per inch in the wire. to do this, loosely twist the wires at one end so they are of equal length. place the twisted ends in a vise about 1/4 inch. next, place the free wire ends together in your brace and bit drill chuck (no drill bit) and tighten up the chuck so that the wires are held secure. the wires should be of equal length and tension. start hand winding the drill to twist the wires together and every once and a while use the ruler to check how many twists are in a one inch space. when you get to 8-10 twists per inch you are done and can trim the very tips with a wire cutter in preparation for winding.
you generally need somewhere ~ 7 inches of wire for winding a complete transformer. leaving a 1 inch lead, wind ten complete loops through the toroidal core leaving a small gap between the start and finish leads.
untwist the leads a little so that you have 4 seperate wires. one set of these wires wires will be called winding #1 and the other winding #2. you need to identify them and further break them into 1a, 1b and 2a and 2b. generally i regard the the top two windings as a and the the bottom two wires b. use whatever system works for you. strip off all the enamel on all four leads and then get your ohm meter or better yet a beeping continuity tester. start on one of the top (a) wires by connecting the ohmmeter or contunuity beeper to it and then touch one of the bottom wires and then the other bottom wire. whatever bottom wire shows continuity with the top wire should be marked along with the source top wire with paint, liquid paper or whatever you like. designate the marked wire pair winding number 1. you can test for shorts as well, there should be no connection between wire set 1 and wire set 2 at all! so now you have two wires sets, winding set 1 is marked and winding set 2 is unmarked. the top two wires are arbritrarily labelled a and the bottom two wires are labelled b . refer to the diagram above for clarification. connect 1b to 2a and twist them together and then solder. your transformer is done. it is really easy to make these things.
more elaborate methods such as using 2 color wire and painting one wire maybe used. these transformers will also work if the wires are untwisted, when you twist them, 8-10 twists per inch is a guide only and is not critical. never use bare wire for these transformers.
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