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The first one looks like it's half as big as a tire.ScuzZ said:No prizes as of yet.
First one is like a solid steel bit on the end of two solder legs. It's hard to see, my camera doesn't do macro very well.
ScuzZ said:Oh ok. So they're similar to a capacitor..
About as similar as a spring is to a compressed air tank...ScuzZ said:Oh ok. So they're similar to a capacitor..
Nigel Goodwin said:No, completely the opposite!.
Optikon said:I wouldn't say completely opposite - they both store energy.
Their I-V phase relationships are opposite perhaps.
Also, at sufficiently high frequencies, they sometimes swap roles (impedance-wise) due to inevitable parasitic elements in their contruction.
But, this is probably confusing to the OP so he should research the basic differences between a capacitor and an inductor.
Nigel Goodwin said:But of completely different types.
An inductors impedance INCREASES with frequency, a capacitors impedance DECREASES with frequency - completely the opposite of each other