Re: Charging inductors for resonant charging

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

"Look at it this way: A choke can handle a DC current, but a transformer
will saturate with a very small dc current (the better the transformer
the lower the current required to saturate it). A transformer will not
pass a dc current from one winding to the other.
      So: The choke will see an AC current, and the transformer a DC
current and will saturate. Try it!

George"

	I'd amend that to say that a transformer without an air gap will
saturate easily.  Lots of transformers are designed to carry DC in the
windings and use an appropriate air gap.

Ed