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Thanks, AJ! This confirms my thoughts. I did google the topic before and found a source which said an inductor will hold a charge/energy and needs to be discharged, but I am unable to locate that source, now. It was something I came across and wanted to verify the reliability of the source.

Let me explain where I'm coming from with this. I was told I needed to discharge an inductor used in a simple LR circuit before completing the circuit. Theoretically, this makes no sense as the inductor should not be charged/storing energy outside of a circuit. Is there really a need to...

Way to go, George! See, Alex THERE IS HOPE!

I understand that in an ideal world, an inductor will not hold a charge (when not connected to a circuit). Ideally, there would need to be a current through the inductor to generate a B-field to store energy. I once read, that (since this is not an ideal world), an inductor actually CAN and...

Well, as a woman in physics I must say, I noticed no exclusivity to men in the topic of discussion. That aside, who cares about the biased media, anyway? Only sheep hang on their every word. If you are an intelligent and fun guy, I'm sure you'll attract the same. I hope that's what you're...