08-04-2009, 04:50 PM
I have found such flaws in the past, especially on field coils, where the spool of wire ran out, and a new one was spliced in during manufacturing. I jave a Rola that was made of all ends of spools, and is now totally useless. Often these shortcuts were done badly with just a small bit of wax paper to cover the splice. If you got 80% of the winding left, it should be good for the next century. You win.