Re: Current limiter?

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Dan,

If you pull "too much" current through it, the darn metal in the core will 
"saturate" and it will no longer limit current.  If your coil draws about 
as much current as the fan did, it will work.  But if you start drawing 
more current, it will hum really loud and it will not limit the current any 
more.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 05:22 PM 7/9/2004, you wrote:
>Hello everyone, I have an old ceiling fan control. It has 5 tap points on 
>a coil (E I  core). The core is about 2 3/4" x 2 1/4" x 1," if that's of 
>any help. I wanted to know if this would have any useful current limiting 
>properties. If not, would it be useful for any other application? By the 
>way, this is for an MOT stack I'm attempting to build. Thanks for the help.
>        Dan E.