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ballast Inductor Choke coil (fwd)




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From:  Mad Coiler [SMTP:tesla_coiler-at-hotmail-dot-com]
Sent:  Friday, April 03, 1998 10:13 AM
To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:  Re: ballast Inductor Choke coil (fwd)


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>From:  Alfred A. Skrocki [SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
>Sent:  Thursday, April 02, 1998 6:39 AM
>To:  Tesla List
>Subject:  Re: ballast Inductor Choke coil (fwd)
>
>On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:47:49 EST Erik Schulz
><ESchulz531-at-aol-dot-com> wrote;
>
>> Matt,
>>       When an inductor is placed in series with an AC source it 
causes
>> resistance governed by this equation.  R = 2 * Pi * f * L
>> 
>> So for a transformer that uses about 1kw you would need 14.4 ohms 
with a 120
>> volt wall socket, so the inductance should be about 0.0382 H,
>
>Up to here everything checks out OK.
>
>> so on a 12 in cylinder with a 6 inch diameter you would need about 
780 turns
>> with air as the core.
>
>NO WAY! The standard equation for calculating the number of turns need 
on a 
>helical inductor is;
>


Alfred,

  You defenitaly prooved your point here, but I put the figures into a 
computer program I have that calculates values for helical coils, 
entering 38200uH, 3" radius, and 12" winding length and I got 789.89 
turns. Is there something wrong with this program?



>    N = SQRT (L * ((9 * R) + (10 * H))/R * R)           
>
>    N = Number of turns needed.
>    L = inductance in microhenrys.
>    R = radius (inches).
>    H = height (inches).
>
>Now in your earlier calculation you determined that you wanted a 0.0382 
>Henry inductance to convert this into microhenrys you would divide the 
>value in Henrys by 0.000001 thus giving; 38200 microhenrys! Now pluging
>that into the above equation along with your cylinders measurements 
gives;
>
>    N = SQRT (38200 * ((9 * 3) + (10 * 12))/3 * 3)
>
>Then:
>
>    N = 1475 turns would be required
>
>A far cry greater than 780 turns! Now dividing 12 by 1475 gives 0.008 
>inches or 8 mils for the maximum possible thickness of the wire 
(including 
>the insulation) which would be #33 gauge. Now taking the diameter of 
that 
>cylinder; 12 and multiplying this by pi to get the length of one turn 
>yields; 37.7 inches, Which when multiplied by the 1475 turns yields; 
>155607.5 inches or apx. 4634 feet! Now the resistance per 1000 fet of 
#33 
>wire is; 205.7 ohms, multiplying this by 4.634 gives; 953.2 ohms D.C! 
The 
>D.C. resistance of this coil is 66 times greater than it's impedance. 
In 
>short it is impractical to make a single layer air core with this high 
an 
>impedance! It would be neccessary to use a multilayer core, preferable 
with 
>an iron core to get the number of turns down far enough so you could us 
a 
>wire such that it's D.C. resistance was significantly smaller than it's 
>impedance, otherwise it will never pass the needed current!
>
>>  I don't know how to figure out the internal resistance of the 
transformer.
>
>Actually you did that in the begining of your calculation! I'll use 
your 
>1 Kilowatt transform. 1000/120 = 8.33 amps drawn by the transformers 
>primary. Then since Z = E/I we have 120/8.33 = 14.4 ohms impedance. If
>you say, wanted to current limit this transformer to 500 watts you 
would 
>need to put another 14.4 ohms impedance in series with the transformer, 
in
>other words you would need a 0.0382 Henry choke in series with the 
>transformer.
>
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