Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:27 PM Subject: Re: Current Limiting and Impedence
Original poster: "Gerald Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Malcolm,
Where can you get Silicon steel?? Do they make welding rods out of this stuff or is there another alloy that would work?? and what diameter rod should we be looking for??
Gerry R.
Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Paul, Whatever rods you purchase for the core, they have to have a very small x-sectional area. They should also not retain much if any magnetism after being de-energized (check with a magnet) or they will have large hysteresis losses resulting in lots of heating. Silicon steel such as used in transformer cores is preferred if you can get them.
Malcolm