P-Rails winding direction (CW or CCW) for Rail & P90

[timgarry]

Hi,

I am trying to determine the wiring to have my Area 67 middle pickup in hum-canceling mode in position 4with the Rail pickup in the P-Rails.

I am coil splitting both the Area 67 and Bridge P-rails.

I know the P-Rails is as follows, but I need the wind direction for each coil (clockwise or CCW)?
P90 (closest to bridge)- South Polarity, Black start, white finish
Rail - North Polarity, green start, red finish.

The Area 67 is South Up polarity wound counterclockwise, red start/black finish in split coil mode.
There are 2 ways I can wire the Area 67 depending on the Rail wind direction to get hum canceling in position 4 (red hot/black ground or black hot/red ground).
One requires a DP5T switch the other a super switch, so I want to figure this out in advance so I can order the correct switch.

Thanks in advance,

Tim

 

[Harhash]

Re: P-Rails winding direction (CW or CCW) for Rail & P90

http://www.skguitar.com/SKGS/sk/Pickup%20color%20codes.htm

Still not sure, maybe asking SD tech support will help!

 

[hermetico]

Re: P-Rails winding direction (CW or CCW) for Rail & P90

Usually, north coils are CCW, while south coils are CW
So, I bet P90 is CW-S, while the Rail is CCW-N.

Well, at the end, in a humbucker both coils are wound CW-S but, once you swap the start and finish wires to one of them (usually slug coil), you get a CCW-N equivalent coil.
SD humbuckers usually have the slug coil CCW-N and the screw CW-S but, I know the PRails are inverted so, it should be as mentioned above.