Re: Distorted Inductor Question

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Dear List Gurus,
> 
> I have a theoretical question for you. Suppose I wound
> several turns of wire into the shape of a hoop,
> forming a wide, squat inductor. Now suppose I squash
> this hoop into a long, skinny oval. What happens to
> inductance? Does it go up, down, or stay the same (as
> compared to the original hoop)? Believe it or not,
> this really is background info gathering for a
> possible TC design.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> =====
> Gregory R. Hunter
> 
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

	Inductance goes down.

Ed