Re: Over Saturation?

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

simplest way I can think of over saturation is as excess magnetising of the
core. Air cores will not saturate no matter how hard you try. Ferrous ones
do.
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Subject: Over Saturation?


 > Original poster: "Randy & Lori" <rburney6-at-comcast-dot-net>
 >
 > Can someone explain Saturation and Over Saturation as it pertains to
 > Transformers and Inductors?  I know the term and I have a clue, but how do
 > you know?  Why does my Variac (powered up) give me 0 volts difference of
 > potential when an ohm meter tells me 0 ohms?  I don't need a lesson on how
 > my meter reads in DC, I know it's the AC but how?  I even taught Basic
 > electronics for three years in the military, but this one has always
eluded me.
 >
 > Randy
 > Savannah, GA
 >
 >