[Amps] Solid state amps

Steve Thompson g8gsq at ic24.net
Fri Apr 1 01:55:52 EST 2005


Dennis12Amplify at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/31/05 11:16:35 PM Central Standard Time,
> craxd1 at ezwv.com writes:
>
> Once
>>> you fully saturate ferrite and heat it to a certain point, the
>>> core is ruined and has to be replaced.
>
>
>  I believe they call that the 'CURIE' temperature.
I think that Curie temp. is the point at which the magnetic properties
change (it's how old type Weller irons do temperature control) but it's not
necessarily destructive. Some materials recover after cooling, some don't.

Steve



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