31-03-2022, 10:15 AM
(30-03-2022, 06:15 AM)Diabolical Artificer Wrote: Also wound the choke myself using a no maths, no design approach that consisted of finding a big transformer with a good bobbin, taking off the windings then winding as many turns at the right gauge as would fit. Result a 30H 1.5A choke.
That's a serious choke! But with no-maths, are you sure it's 30H 1.5A? It may well carry 1.5A, but without exhibiting 30H due to core saturation.
I'm looking at the design of a 2.2H choke at 2.5A, which is much less energy storage than yours, and it's going to be over 10kg.
