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RE: Filter Torroids Question






>> Without a lot of thought, I fit 20 turns of 12ga solid
>> THHN house wire on one of them before realizing that the
>> wire is only rated at 600v.

>I don't see how this would be a problem.  There shouldn't be a large 
>voltage drop across the inductors (my brain isn't in gear so I don't 
>remember the formula for the impedence of an inductor, but you can 
>figure it out from V=IX, where X is the impedence of your inductor).


>Steven Roys (sroys-at-radiology.ab.umd.edu)

How can the inductor do its job without dropping a lot of voltage across it?

David Huffman-at-d0tokensun.fnal.gov