Construction of air core inductor
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30 Mar 17
- The basic construction of air core inductor it consist of coils having number of turns of wire wound on a former made of ordinary cardboard.
- The plastic or ceramics may be used for a former as an insulating material.
- Since there is nothing but air inside of former, the inductor is known as air core inductor.
- The gap inside a plastic or paper former acts as a core. Thus air acts as a core.
- The magnetic wire wound on the former from the coil of the inductor.
