Mar 17, 2022 #1 C cupoftea Advanced Member level 5 Joined Jun 13, 2021 Messages 2,621 Helped 54 Reputation 108 Reaction score 116 Trophy points 63 Activity points 13,744 Hi, Doing a 230W PFC, 100-265VAC. 400Vout 100Khz CCM LT1248 Could use a inductor made from a PQ3535 with AL=315 and 31 turns, for 300uH. http://ferroxcube.home.pl/prod/assets/pq3535.pdf .....However, wondering whether the production and part costs for a sendust/Kool-mu torroid type inductor will be cheaper?….though of course, it doesn’t have the nice former to mount it on…..so needs a bit of “fiddle” from the production staff. So which is likely to be cheaper?
Hi, Doing a 230W PFC, 100-265VAC. 400Vout 100Khz CCM LT1248 Could use a inductor made from a PQ3535 with AL=315 and 31 turns, for 300uH. http://ferroxcube.home.pl/prod/assets/pq3535.pdf .....However, wondering whether the production and part costs for a sendust/Kool-mu torroid type inductor will be cheaper?….though of course, it doesn’t have the nice former to mount it on…..so needs a bit of “fiddle” from the production staff. So which is likely to be cheaper?
Mar 18, 2022 #2 E Easy peasy Advanced Member level 6 Joined Aug 15, 2015 Messages 4,752 Helped 1,402 Reputation 2,804 Reaction score 1,936 Trophy points 1,393 Location Melbourne Activity points 26,236 Depending on volume Kool-mu will be cheaper as plain wire - one layer can be used ... Upvote 0 Downvote