For my ongoing project, I went through my electronics junk and found some inductors. They are unmarked unidentified, naturally. When trying to measure the resistance of them, to try to get an idea of the amperage they are capable of, a snag happened. I've never used inductors before so maybe it is normal, couldn't find any information on it though.
The inductors are heavy duty, out of junk industrial controls of some type. Toroidal, around 1 1/4" diameter, 3/4" wide, wound with 18Ga wire double layer. Figured they would be an ohm or two resistance. But when checked they only show 0.1 ohms? Using my Simpson 467 DVM. Does this sound right? Don't have a LCR meter, so what am I doing wrong here?
The inductors are heavy duty, out of junk industrial controls of some type. Toroidal, around 1 1/4" diameter, 3/4" wide, wound with 18Ga wire double layer. Figured they would be an ohm or two resistance. But when checked they only show 0.1 ohms? Using my Simpson 467 DVM. Does this sound right? Don't have a LCR meter, so what am I doing wrong here?