Estimating the Number of Turns of an Inductor

[Jan Panteltje]

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as in "to Roger" ?

Cheers
Terry

That reminds me of this movie 'flying high' I think it was,
where the pilot is in conversation with the air traffic controller named
Roger.
Roger Roger!

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[Tim Williams]

Bugger

Roger that!

Tim

 

[John Fields]

That reminds me of this movie 'flying high' I think it was,
where the pilot is in conversation with the air traffic controller named
Roger.
Roger Roger!

 

[Watson A.Name \Watt Sun - the Dark Remover\]

Terry Given wrote:
[snip]

I design lots of magnetic devices. One of the first things I do with a
prototype transformer is dismantle it - I look at insulation, wire type,
winding pitch etc, AND I specifically count the number of turns (my
Leatherman has gutted hundreds of transformers I also measure coupling,
saturation, DC resistance, capacitance etc

If I had 2 of those bobbin core coils, I would just unwind the damn thing
and count the number of turns.

Ultimately, pay attention to John Larkin. A mate once had a 3-phase inductor
made (for a 600kW Butterworth filter that was hopeless - fringing flux
and leakage totally ruined the current distribution, making it glow red hot.
OTOH it made a great heater

Is this a movie of that "heater"??? )) (Warning: 5 Megabyte .MPG)
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg

 

[Watson A.Name \Watt Sun - the Dark Remover\]

Terry Given wrote:
[snip]

I design lots of magnetic devices. One of the first things I do with a
prototype transformer is dismantle it - I look at insulation, wire type,
winding pitch etc, AND I specifically count the number of turns (my
Leatherman has gutted hundreds of transformers I also measure
coupling,
saturation, DC resistance, capacitance etc
If I had 2 of those bobbin core coils, I would just unwind the damn thing
and count the number of turns.

Ultimately, pay attention to John Larkin. A mate once had a 3-phase
inductor
made (for a 600kW Butterworth filter that was hopeless - fringing flux
and leakage totally ruined the current distribution, making it glow
red hot.
OTOH it made a great heater

Is this a movie of that "heater"??? )) (Warning: 5 Megabyte .MPG)
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg

Ooh, COOL! He's got another even bigger one!! Warning: 1.5 MB .MPG
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/500kV_Switch.mpg
See www.teslamania.com for the text associated with this video clip.

 

[Jan Panteltje]

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Ooh, COOL! He's got another even bigger one!! Warning: 1.5 MB .MPG
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/500kV_Switch.mpg

Am I imagining this or do I see a woman in that white plasma?
hehehe

See www.teslamania.com for the text associated with this video clip.

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[Rich Grise]

Terry Given wrote:
[snip]

Is this a movie of that "heater"??? )) (Warning: 5 Megabyte .MPG)
http://205.243.100.155/frames/mpg/XfrmBlast1.mpg

Well, they're Green. No PCBs there!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Terry Given]

quite funny. it reminded me of a book I once read - airscream I think it was
called. about 1/2 way thru the book the inevitable plane crash occurred, and
(AFAICR) EVERY character was killed - those who werent in the plane got hit
by wreckage, which was pretty funny. When I realised the auther was
introducing a new cast, I gave up

Cheers
Terry

 

[John Larkin]

quite funny. it reminded me of a book I once read - airscream I think it was
called. about 1/2 way thru the book the inevitable plane crash occurred, and
(AFAICR) EVERY character was killed - those who werent in the plane got hit
by wreckage, which was pretty funny. When I realised the auther was
introducing a new cast, I gave up

Cheers
Terry

I've seen a number of movies - in particular a number of the BBC
mysteries - where I wished all the characters had been offed. In
Jurassic Park, I was rooting for the dinosaurs.

John

 

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I've seen a number of movies - in particular a number of the BBC
mysteries - where I wished all the characters had been offed. In
Jurassic Park, I was rooting for the dinosaurs.

John

Not hard enough.

 

[Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\]

No, I'm saying that you take the slug all the way out, and the bobbin
off the pot core/cup core, so you have an air core coil. Measure the
inductance and plug it into the formula. (You did say that it's wound
on a bobbin, which usually implies that you can get the bobbin off the
ferrite.)

There are many formulas for calculating inductance. All of them admit
to being approximations - but that's all you need. For example:

"For a coil of rectangular cross-section, of thickness t inches, length
l inches and mean diameter (average of inside and outside) d inches,
Hazletine's formula is L = 0.8d^2N^2 /(12d + 36l + 40t) uH"

Now if your entire coil, including the ferrite, is potted in epoxy, it
is a different situation. But I don't see that in any of your posts.

Thanks for the info.

I guess I didn't say it outright, but I meant that the core was a bobbin
made of ferrite, so it can't be removed. And I did say that it could be
a toroid which is the same situation. Also, I didn't mention it but I
thought this could also be applied to a winding on a solenoid or motor.
In any case, removing the core from a bobbin in my experience is usually
destructive, or else the core won't go back in without having a major
problem, such as not fitting properly and hence the inductance won't be
the same as the original coil. This is because most ferrite bobbins
I've seen are glued to the core with epoxy or similar, and are a real
bitch to remove. So to me, that's not practical. Like someone
mentioned, it would be just as practical to cut the coil and count the
turns.