Re: magnetic fields

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: magnetic fields
From: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:32:30 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: CTCDW-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> Hello, all,
> 
>  Just a curious question, or two...If we could actually SEE magnetic fields,
> what would the field around the average, say 900va coil look like? how far
> out would it extend, etc...what shape would it take?
> 
> Also, when a core saturates, what exactly happens...we know what its effects
> are, heat, etc.., but what is actually happening to the iron and magnetic
> field?
> 
> thanks for any insights!
> 
> Chris Walton

	The magnetic field around the coil would be almost exactly the same
(shape) as the one you would observe if you passed DC through it and
mapped the field lines with a compass.

Ed