How to add inductors in series/parallel?

[ozone]

How to add inductors in series/parallel??

I was curious about this subject after it came up on my last physics test. However my teacher never covered this topic, and it wasn't in my book.

basically I am wondering how inductors get added together when they are in series or parallel.

My best guess was that they model resistors.

 

[phinds]

the way I always remember it is that inductors and capacitors are opposites

Caps store voltage and add in parallel

Inductors store current and add in series

 

[jtbell]

However my teacher never covered this topic, and it wasn't in my book.

Which book is that?

basically I am wondering how inductors get added together when they are in series or parallel.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=series+and+parallel+inductors

 

[marcusl]

Whenever you combine inductors, in whatever configuration, you must also include their mutual inductance. It can be of either sign depending on the geometry.

 

[ozone]

Serway and Jewett failed to mention this anywhere as far as I could tell.. It outlined capacitors very well but then it just glanced over how inductors work in parallel/series.

Anyways thanks it makes sense now.