Re: Homemade chokes

["Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Bill Lemieux" <gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com>

>  This must be a new and different definition of Q which people have been
> tossing about lately.  The last time I checked, Q was defined (in my
> electronics texts at least) as the inductance (or capacitance in a cap)
> divided by the resistance!
> 
>  How will either of those qualities vary with changes in voltage?

For an inductor, Q is w*L/R, a value without dimension.
w is the frequency in radians/second, L the inductance in Henrys,
and R the series resistance in Ohms.
If none of these values depend on the voltage, Q independs too.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz