Recent content by Oleh Iwanusiw

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    Power in = Power outbut what about for solenoids?

    Power in = waisted power . . . A solenoid does "usefull work" only during the fraction of a second when the plunger moves. Once the plunger stops moving - all the power you are supplying is turned into heat - waisted. Oleh
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    How to Design a High-Frequency Air Core Transformer for Low Power Applications?

    In order for anyone to help out . . . you need to provide a lot more information that you did. What is the frequency involved? How much signal/power you need to transmitt? What are the impedances of your circuits? Oleh
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    Aluminum Wire Performance: Advantages & Disadvantages

    Obviously youall have not heard that there was a time when aluminium wiring was used in himes and elsewhere. This practice was stopped - not by a law or UL directive, but by the spread of the WORD . . that the %$#@&$ aluminium wiring was no damn good. Unlike other metals - pure...