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These require copper wires and a Ferromagnetic Core. The amount of copper wire inserted will set its inductance and the core will determine how much energy is wasted from the process. | These require copper wires and a Ferromagnetic Core. The amount of copper wire inserted will set its inductance and the core will determine how much energy is wasted from the process. | ||
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Revision as of 09:42, 26 December 2016
Inductors are effectively half a transformer. When current passes through it, it will store a little of it within a magnetic field at the cost of some voltage. If the current dies out, the inductor try to keep the flow going by releasing its its charge. It acts similar to capacitor, though you will lose all your saved power if you disconnect it and unlike a capacitor the released current faces the same way as the input current did.
These require copper wires and a Ferromagnetic Core. The amount of copper wire inserted will set its inductance and the core will determine how much energy is wasted from the process.
