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Phil Allison
 
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Default Estimating the Number of Turns of an Inductor


"John Larkin"
On "Phil Allison"



** One you have got that far you have constructed a transformer. Drive

some
AC current into the original inductor's winding ( from an audio generator

or
similar) and measure the AC voltage on it and on the overwind you

created.

The turns ratio and the (unloaded) voltage ratio you measure are in exact
proportion.


As long as the same flux traverses all the turns.


** That is not a very helpful remark.

The suggestion was that the overwind be around the existing coil of the
inductor * PLUS * there is no load on the overwind so leakage inductance
is irrelevant.



................ Phil