Changing Magnets In Humbucker Changes D.C. Resistance ?

[PLX]

Not supposed to happen.. however

I have a Booteek pickup that the winder wrote "8.8kΩ" on the plate when he wound it.

I've had the pickup for 14 years, and swapped out the A2 mag for an A8

Pickup now measures 8.92kΩ

 

[JasonE]

Changing the magnet shouldn't change that. Did you measure it before you changed the magnet? The measurement that is written on it may have been the target they were trying to hit and .12 ohms would be within any pickup winder's tolerances.

 

[PLX]

Changing the magnet shouldn't change that. Did you measure it before you changed the magnet? The measurement that is written on it may have been the target they were trying to hit and .12 ohms would be within any pickup winder's tolerances.

I did when I first got it.

Many the fact that the speed of light is slowing has some effect on my pickups, over the course of 14 years ?

 

[Blix]

DC resistance changes with temperature, and the difference between those readings are minimal...

 

[PLX]

DC resistance changes with temperature, and the difference between those readings are minimal...

So you're saying I shouldn't store my pickups in the freezer ?

 

[Jarick]

Yeah it's most likely due to changes in air temperature. Sometimes I measure pickups that were delivered in the winter and I can watch the resistance climb from like 7k up to 8.5k as it warms up.

 

[Blix]

So you're saying I shouldn't store my pickups in the freezer ?

Yes.

 

[PLX]

Yes.

That's the last time I listen to Glenn Fricker.