[AMPS] : WHY ARE THE TURNS SHORTED?

[km1h@juno.com]

Would a few experts care to help this chap out....and me too? I could
never find 2 people in a row to agree.

73.....Carl   KM1H 



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From: vanputten@terman.physics.hope.edu
To: ham-tech@majordomo.netcom.com
Subject: WHY ARE THE TURNS SHORTED?
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 06:49:06 -0400
Message-ID: <97042406490575@terman.physics.hope.edu>

I have noticed that some circuits with tapped coils short the 
unused turns and others simply connect the tap leaving the unused 
turns open.  What is the rationale for shorting the turns?  Does 
the EMF induced in the shorted turns produce a high circulating 
current in the short and therefore energy loss?

   Jim van Putten, Professor		vanputten@physics.hope.edu   
 
   Department of Physics and Engineering       PHONE: 616-395-7513
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