Re: Help making a 1mh inductor

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Most of the sellers of cores (i.e. Amidon, etc.) have handy design formulae
for this.  For typical toroidal cores, there is a factor (depending on
geometry and material and frequency) that gives you mH from turns
squared...  That is, L = k * N^2



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz ?twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net?"
?Fucian-at-aol-dot-com?
> 
> Hi guys, i need a 1mh inductor.I do not have an inductance meter.Is there
> an easy way to make a simple small inductor?Like on a ferrite core?How many
> turns would give approximately 1mh if i use say 26 awg wire?I know the core
> will greatly affect this.But say I use just a small type.Its for a SSTC
> push-pull design.
> 
> Matt