Re: High Voltage / High Inductance Inductors

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Original poster: Dave Lewis <hvdave-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Dan,

How much DC current do you want this beast to handle?  Also, what will
the voltage waveform look like across it in operation (amplitude, shape,
and frequency)?   Those two questions will play a key role in the
design.

Regards
Dave Lewis

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 > I'm looking at trying to build a high voltage / high inductance inductor
 > for use in a DC power supply
 > application for filtering.
 >
 > Has anyone here made something like a 1H to 5H inductor which is rated
 > for about 10-20kV ???
 > If so, I'd like to hear from you and some details of how you built this,
 > what type of cores you found
 > to work best, and any other information.
 >
 > Turn-to-turn voltage shouldn't be too high especially considering the
 > number of turns required, but voltage stand-off from
 > the core would be a big one I would think.
 >
 > Any help appreciated.
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > Dan