Re: New bipolar

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Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au> 

Kreso Bukvic wrote:
>What is a bipolar coil?

Matthew Smith replies:

Think of a "conventional", coil; you have a toroid (or whatever) at the 
top, and a grounded base.

A bipolar coil has no grounded base - it has a toroid/sphere/etc. at BOTH 
ends.  I'll try to explain with a little ASCII art:

Standard coil:

   O toroid
   |
   | coil
   |
------ Floor

Bipolar coil:

    0----0

------------- Floor

Hope that helps...

Cheers

Matthew