Hi All,
I hope this is the correct forum to post this.
I am trying to create a custom inductor. For me to get going, I have a ferrite core that needs wire winded on it. The ferrite core I have is square. I don't know if that makes a difference. I hand winded the coil. I winded a 22 gauge wire around it 20 turns. I was able to get 2 rows of 8 turns and the last row has 4. Between each row, I put duct tape to keep the wires in position. I tried to make the wires in each turn as tight and as close as possible. Once I was done, I tried measuring the inductance using an LCR meter but no luck. The meter shows OL.
This was my second attempt and I reused the wire. It is okay to reuse the wire?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Frank
I hope this is the correct forum to post this.
I am trying to create a custom inductor. For me to get going, I have a ferrite core that needs wire winded on it. The ferrite core I have is square. I don't know if that makes a difference. I hand winded the coil. I winded a 22 gauge wire around it 20 turns. I was able to get 2 rows of 8 turns and the last row has 4. Between each row, I put duct tape to keep the wires in position. I tried to make the wires in each turn as tight and as close as possible. Once I was done, I tried measuring the inductance using an LCR meter but no luck. The meter shows OL.
This was my second attempt and I reused the wire. It is okay to reuse the wire?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Frank