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@Bear049

6 ай бұрын

What negative to positive flow , thank you for your video

@ultralaggerREV1

4 ай бұрын

How did you get to add such emoji on your comment?

@EngineeringMindset

4 ай бұрын

Channel members can use the emoji

Would have been helpful to hear *why* we'd have an inductor at all. Also, doesn't some current (or water) still flow in one path even if there's an easier path?

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'll make some example circuits you can follow along

@funkykong9001

Жыл бұрын

@@EngineeringMindset thanks!

@sapelesteve

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts! 👍👍

@tristanpantoja288

Жыл бұрын

Hybrid cars

@davidadams421

Жыл бұрын

Current always flows if there is a loop path for it to, how much is determined by the path resistance where all paths sum to supply voltage over total circuit resistance (It = Vs / Rt). In the case of the inductor, however, there is a time component; electrical energy is first stored in the form of a magnetic field, which produces an initial opposition to the flow of current (Back EMF), once the magnetic field is fully formed (measured in micro-seconds, you wouldn't 'see' this), it acts like a very low value resister, essentially a short circuit. Note: this is not a practical circuit, it's only use to simply illustrate the behaviour of an inductor.

As an EE, I think this video would have benefitted from an explanation of what inductors are, and why they operate the way they do, before you get into the how. Touching on Len'z law would have helped a lot

@floorpizza8074

Жыл бұрын

I think he did a great job of explaining how they work for his target audience: the least common denominator, ie, me. As a video creator, you have to decide who your target audience is and how to best teach them, as well as how much they can swallow in a given time period. IMO, he nailed it.

@alexs7670

Жыл бұрын

@@floorpizza8074 the most common comment on this video is asking why. And an extra minute to offer some explanation isn't going to split the audience. Don't whiteknight.

@NoSpeechForTheDumb

Жыл бұрын

As Feynman put it, "Why" questions are tricky. Of course you can say Lenz's law is the reason why inductors work the way they do, but then out of a sudden thousands of new questions emerge: WHY does Lenz's law hold? WHY does the right-hand rule hold and not a mirrored version of it? WHY are magnetic and electric field correlated at all? Etc etc etc... IMO it's perfectly legitimate to stick with the HOW in the beginning to avoid complexity explosion LOL

@petermcgrath5215

2 ай бұрын

​@floorpizza8074 But without explaining its purpose, what it does, Why it is there? To novice it has no meaning. It's in one ear and out the other...ultimately learning nothing. I am a novice and I still have got no idea. So it creates a magnetic field and then it collapses. Well that's great to know... yay.

Inductors are primarily used in AC (and switched DC) circuits but explaining how they work at a basic level is very difficult in AC circuits (because you end up having to explain reactance, impedance, phase shifts etc.). The battery + inductor + light is not a practical circuit, but it does eloquently explain how they work (current 'inertia' via magnetic field), which is the purpose of the video.

@notanymore9471

Жыл бұрын

It’s interesting you used the word inertia, I’m just a beginner with electronics but have been welding 25 years and when I took a electronics 101 course my gut told me the inductor gave the current inertia so it’s nice to hear you kind of confirm that in so many words.

Man, this is the best video I've seen explaining inductors. I still remember how hard it was for me to understand inductors when I was studying electronics back in the day. Kids have it so easy nowadays.

I have no word to explain how much I am impressed by your tutorials. Modern institutes should learn from you. How to teach their students. I am so excited. you guys absolutely incredible. 👏 ❤ love you guys.

As a teacher, i have to say that you have done an awesome analogy since the beginning. Congratulations.

Im researching magnetism and electricity this video is informative thanks

Posting this to a couple of Amateur Radio facebook groups - a great explanation! Thank you

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

BEST LEARNING CHANNEL EVER!!!! 😎👍

Now I got it thank you. Perfect.

Cool video, us Ham radio operators use inductors frequently to match the radio to antenna impedance mismatch

Your animations are incredibly good and your explanations are spot on!

Brilliant explanation. Thanks

I wish I knew the water wheel analogy earlier. Interesting!

This is actually a better explanation than I learned in electrical school.

@brandsthatcreatelitter1648

Жыл бұрын

must have been very very bad indeed then, i still don’t know why we need inductors🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙄🤣♥️

It would've been nice to add at the end of the video where and why inductors are used to better fix the concepts in mind, but still a great video

Even with this great explanation I dont understand real use of them. I see lot of them on electronic boards: PC motherboards, videocards, power supply units and it always amazes me.

@lmeza1983

Жыл бұрын

Im not sure if I understood either but it seems like some sort of voltage stabilizer than can be used to provide a bit of energy for a brief moment.

Excellent! As usual. Keep it up!

This is hands down the most amazing and intuitive approach I've ever seen on inductor.kudos man! you guys are the reason I got my interest back at Electrical Engineering

very well explained

Excellent videos!! Please PLEASE do a video on oscillating/resonating circuits.

Well explained

To the battery DC, the inductor is just a length of wire. A inductor only has reactance to alternating current. The battery should be replaced with an AC source.

Good to watch.

It seems like what you are describing is a capacitor. How would you describe that an inductor can act like a capacitor and how are they different? I normally think of an inductor as a device used to cause current on another, non-electrically connected nearby circuit while a capacitor stores energy like a battery within a circuit typically used to reduce variance in voltages over time or to provide some electrical bursts for some applications. Appreciate your videos and helping me better understand what you are trying to share here. Thanks.

@leonhardtkristensen4093

Жыл бұрын

I will try to explain the difference between an inductor and a capacitor to you in the simplest way that I know. A serial connected inductor is like a flywheel. It takes some energy to get it started but when it is started it is easy to keep running. The only thing that really would stop it if left on its own is the resistance in the bearings. When it is spinning it has stored energy and to stop it it must give out this energy. The electromagnetic force in the inductor works in the same way. It keeps on resisting change. A parallel inductor works as an open circuit. it will take some time to get the flywheel to spin so that there no longer is any resistance. A parallel capacitor on the other hand is more like a big water tank. If you poor in water it takes some time before it is filled up. It also stores energy but it must be full before it has the same pressure as the input pipe. A pipe out the bottom of the tank will start up with low pressure but eventually have full pressure when the tank is full. The output will have almost full pressure all the time even though the input may be intermittent. A serial connected capacitor will allow a current immediately. It is like an already filled up tank with a rubber membrane in the middle. In many ways an inductor and a capacitor work similar. It is just that the inductor is resistant to current and the capacitor sucks in the current. The inductor has the voltage before the current and the capacitor has the voltage after the current. They both store energy.

@petermcgrath5215

2 ай бұрын

​@@leonhardtkristensen4093Thank you... Your explanation helped

Great video! Looking forward to why one would want the bulb (load) to turn off when the switch is turned on... Thanks!

Thank you.🙌

Excellent.

An inductor is an AC resistor. All the way from low frequency (50/60 Hz) up to microwaves.

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

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Very very good.

Thank you🙏

I find it fascinating that the least resistance would be the magnetic field to travel back. Oh I love this!

Can you do a video visually explaining how vars are used in the building of the magnetic fields in inductors and how leading an lagging PFs work?

Interesting video but I'm curious about why you removed so much of the original video named "Inductors Explained - The basics how inductors work working principle" that you posted 3 years ago and that this video is cut from 😖

@sg8nj

Жыл бұрын

No content😊😄

@bert9201

Жыл бұрын

This is a shorter version, for people that don't like longer videos... I like it it! 👌

@radman999

Жыл бұрын

The algorithm caters to people with short attention spans

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Views were dwindling on the old video, people keep messaging me asking to make a video on how inductors work so they either couldn't find it or KZread wasn't recommending it to them. KZread is also changing with shorts because now people want quick answers instead of long detailed ones so I trimmed it down and reposted it. It's been popular but I'm glad you have clearly watched the original, I prefer making the longer videos.

@Ken-P

Жыл бұрын

@@EngineeringMindset: Thank you for your reply, I also prefer the more Indepth videos but can understand the need to sometimes shorten them. Keep up the good work :)

Wow very nice

May I ask where are inductors used?

Thank you sir ❤️

Very well explained using water turning a turbine and the kinetic spinning fins as the EMF 👍 I find the water analogy to visualize what's happening in electronics is a good fit but not perfect. It would be interesting to see how you can model a capacitor this way(?) I'd imagine a reservoir split in the middle by a rubber diaphragm

@Bob_Adkins

Жыл бұрын

Since current has no inertia, it's difficult to find an analogy!

@blackroberts6290

Жыл бұрын

Or a water baloon. When the balloon is full, it will visually stop taking more water. And when discharged, all those water comes out fast due to the balloon's stretchiness.

Good one

I was thinking about it when ever I see

thank you

Thanks!

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

thanks forget what they did. easy video to follow for even the newest of minds. If I'm not mistaken they are not even really used anymore in IMLC beyond the power supply.

video quality so very good ❤️ I like coffee ☕️ 😋

Nice video 👌👌👌👌India

"... electrons leave the battery, they flow and try and get back to the other side of the battery" - I get why you want to illustrate what happens using that analogy, but the student may also want to know that is not really what happens to the electrons. In reality they jostle, the electric field pushing them in a direction but the electrons that are free push against each other too. In the end the current is just an emergent property of energy transfer via electric fields.

It probably would help to mention the practical part of the theory where the inductor tries to maintain the peak of the alternators (power supply} voltage even when it drops to 0 volts 60 times a second or whatever the frequency may be.

Awesomeness

What is the difference then between a capacitor and an inductor. Examples of inductors? THANKS.

good example on how a shaded pole motor works

Very nice man very niceeee

I see these on mini splits. Was curious what they do

Is the purpose of the inductor to act as a kind of shock absorber?

@kumarsiddharth4287

Жыл бұрын

Can say that it eliminates the impulse whick can damage the electronics component .

@drku5862

Жыл бұрын

Almost it prevents sudden fluctuations of current

@ifell3

Жыл бұрын

@@kumarsiddharth4287 but in his explanation it the turns off the lamp, which if that is the thing we are protecting, but still wants it to work this doesn't make sense. Or does the inductor only kick in once the current threshold of the lamp has been met?

@peterschets1380

Жыл бұрын

@@ifell3 Yes, you are right, the explanation is confusing people. The inductor have to be in circuit with the lamp and after the power source, so that it protects the lamp against spikes or voltage drops.

@YouTubeviolatesmy1stamendment

Жыл бұрын

How is this different from a capacitor

Is the purpose of an inductor kind of like the flywheel on an engine?

Thanks

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Artem

4:52 If the inductor will eventually act like a normal piece of wire with no resistance, what's stopping it from creating a short circuit?

Is it possible to give Vedios on DTR faults and effects pls

so at 3:08, we basically made a short circuit? Also, why would we use inductors? What are their purpose other than having a light turn on very briefly when opening and then closing a contact?

Basically the inductor reduces the in rush current to protect wiring and components

Can you do a video on guitar amps :)

basic understanding is imp

What would be the purpose of this? As a safety mechanism? If power gets cut you can maintain it for a period of time?

@davidadams421

Жыл бұрын

This is not a practical circuit, it's being used just to simply illustrate the behaviour of an inductor. Inductors are primarily used in AC (and switched DC) circuits (filters, chokes etc) but it's hard to describe their basic function when the supply is continuously changing. Yes, they can be used to 'fill in' for supply gaps but this is rare, or rather, large transformers tend to pick up this function.

So then, what purpose does an Inductor serve? Is it similar to a Capacitor as it stores charge - or does it? It seems to work like a resistor when first given power, but then it causes a short circuit through itself. I'm confused?

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

It maintains current where capacitor maintains voltage. I'll do a comparison video with real examples

@brianwood5220

Жыл бұрын

@@EngineeringMindset Thank you, that would be helpful

Wait how is this different from a capacitor? That also helps current flow for a short duration if the power source is shortly disconnected...

Can an inductor have the same resistance as a resistor and what would this do?

@ElderGod29

Жыл бұрын

Inductors can have resistance but it's not exactly a resistor. A resistor's job is to just reduce the current flow in the circuit. But an inductor is more of a wounded coil which offers resistance at first because of its tendency to charge initially.

@kumarsiddharth4287

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in transient state but in steady state it acts as short circuit i.e. zero resistance

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

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what if we sort the inductor in series in this circuit?

But what do you use it for, exactly?

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Maintain current. I'll make some example circuits to help demonstrate

bold move using non conventional electron flow to teach the basics

Doesn't the inductor push the electrons the other direction compared to when it is being "charged"?

So inductors are like electrical inertia?

I know that capacitor is like water tank and inductor as water wheel. Still... the main question is why do you need it in the full circuit? Let's say we make a simole light circuit, won't it be fine if we do not need inductor or capacitor?

@FlatPuffin82

Жыл бұрын

He is using the light as a demonstration

@transformer889

Жыл бұрын

Inductors are equivalent to flywheels in a car engine.

Why we need it? Real life examples? What exactly the do in a circuit ? Where are they used? Unfortunately, theory doesn't paint the full picture.

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, will be making some example circuits

can you do a video about LED driver works?

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Seen the new LED explained video? so much detail covered! kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWyBlNxrmKzIkco.html

There are only two things you have to understand. An electron and light. The movement of electrons higher to lower spins or otherwise produces light. Other things are encapsulation. Ten power +-24. 12×2. Because Max curvature is power 12. Time is always a quantum of 24. For four dimensions 12 - 4 equals 8.

If you use negative to positive was the resistor on the wrong side?

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

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What's this used for?

the creation of the magnetic field, the movement of that, I assume is then opposing the current thanks to the like, the left or right hand rule, or something, cus a moving magnetic field induces a current, and the movement of the field being created by the inductor will then cause it to induce a current in the opposite direction causing impedance, thats what ive imagined happens atleast.

Replacing the reducer with a one way valve would be even more accurate. Freewheeling diode would replace the resistor

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

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Can you explain this as it relates to an electric motor, as that is a big inductor. Thanks

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Please see our electric motor videos

What would happen to the light bulb if you wired the inductor in series with it?

@procharger94

Жыл бұрын

@250CC thank you!! So an inductor in series could almost act like a simple "delay on" device.

So why would you want to do this? What are practical applications? This video definitely explains the function better than any other I've seen though.

@ZacksLab

Жыл бұрын

inductors are commonly found in dc/dc switch mode power supplies. inductors store energy in a magnetic field. if you're clever, you can build a circuit that uses a switch to turn current flow on/off through this inductor and get a higher or lower voltage on the output. inductors are also used in filtering (both signal and power filters)

@idkbro12123

Жыл бұрын

well as a student of Electro engineering there are a few things from the top of my head where inductors are used which are: Breakers, Motors and Generators, Transformers, it is also used to generate electromagnetic waves for a transmitter (basically a radio), there are a lot more applications for sure but these are few that i thought of right now.

@davidadams421

Жыл бұрын

Simply put, you wouldn't; this is not a practical circuit, it is being used only to illustrate the behaviour of an inductor.

I was expecting an explanation on what's the use case for an inductor...

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

I'll be covering example circuits in a follow up video

It's kind of like an electric flywheel? It seems really similar to one

Is a capacitor the same thing but with an electric field instead of a magnetic field?

Can inductors be used to limit inrush current, and if so, why are resistors sometimes used?

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

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Is the inductor create an a Parasitic current

It’s similar in functionality to a capacitor?

@davidadams421

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in terms that they both store electrical energy and are more generally useful in AC circuits. Inductors tend to maintain current, whilst capacitors tend to maintain voltage.

@bassangler73

Жыл бұрын

Inductors store magnetic energy, capacitors store electrical energy

so an inductor is used to save power by being able to cut power and apply it multiple times instead of having to supply constant power??

initially it was making imagination easy with water example but in later half pure electronic And magnetic field need correlation like inertia of rotating pump

What's a paff?

Class 10 op

I really need a usecase to understand it. So why would i create circuit like this?

Small turbine pump in the animation ? Looks like it

pump analogue is the controller ,not the battery ...

And since this happens within microseconds, what is the purpose of it??

@EngineeringMindset

Жыл бұрын

Maintain current instantly if there's a dip in power but I'll make some example circuits

@notnecessary7730

Жыл бұрын

@@EngineeringMindset I appreciate you responding. Is it for mainly protection? Or for high speed switching, oscillators and electronics? I dont really see the use for it with a light bulb or linear loads

is it just me or do inducters have similar effects to capacitors in the circuts and LED besides the magnetic field

I've always been fascinated by electricity.

Maybe the text is available for us. If, yes. Where?