Abstract: A low loss composite spider arrangement for use in inductive electrical epment and an air core reactor incorporating the same in which a non-conductive or a conductive material having very low relative permeability and relatively high resistivity is used to fulfill the mechanical and structural requirements of the spider, and a relatively small amount of electrical conducting material, bonded to and preferably electrically isolated therefrom, is used to fulfill the electrical requirements of the spider.

Abstract: An air core reactor of the type having a plurality of coaxial coil windings connected electrically in parallel by structurally rigid spiders at opposite ends of the reactor. There are two electrically conductive spiders at least one end of the reactor. Selected ones of the coil windings are connected to one of the two spiders and further selected ones of the coil windings are connected to the other of the spiders at the one end. In the preferred form the windings connecterd offset from one another around the coaxially disposed coils. In a further preferred embodiment, there are two electrically conductive spiders at each of opposite ends of the coaxial coils. In a still further preferred form, at least some of the coil windings are wound at least two conductors high with the same number of turns and wherein the ends of said two conductors are circumferentially offset from one another by preferably 180.degree..