Robbie010 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Just about to finish my Type A crossovers with the inductors and was wondering if there is a right and wrong way to connect them? Obviously, there is an inner and an outer wire on the winding so do I need to connect them in a specific way or does it not matter? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I'm in the camp of "it's a high-level AC signal so it doesn't matter" and if anyone says different, well, I feel sorry for them. Actually, I (and I've made a living working with inductors up to the size of needing a crane to lift) don't see how there could conceivably be any valid rationale about it, one way or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 In your crossovers the capacitors don't care, either, and there's no way anyone could possibly, reliably (repeatedly) tell any difference whatsoever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie010 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, glens said: In your crossovers the capacitors don't care, either, and there's no way anyone could possibly, reliably (repeatedly) tell any difference whatsoever! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 You're more than welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 There has been a thought that however you connect them to make all of the connections to the inductors to be done the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 That’s what I do, but I do it for aesthetic reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Doesn't matter, but if they are air-core they should be far apart or oriented at right angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadworn Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) While talking litz air core’s , can you trim the leads? Or if too long just wrap them up to the length needed? Edited February 24, 2020 by roadworn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 The topic is (loudspeaker) crossover network inductors, right? Litz will work, but is wholly unnecessary. Skin depth is not a factor at (human) audio frequencies. If you use them anyway, and don't want to tediously skin the strands after shortening the leads, fold the excess back and forth and bind it that way, don't coil it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadworn Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 10 hours ago, glens said: The topic is (loudspeaker) crossover network inductors, right? Litz will work, but is wholly unnecessary. Skin depth is not a factor at (human) audio frequencies. If you use them anyway, and don't want to tediously skin the strands after shortening the leads, fold the excess back and forth and bind it that way, don't coil it up. Thanks for the reply 🙂. Sorry , did not mean to hijack the topic. I will follow up with this in another thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Y'all both got a green R, I thought it was you who started the thread. My point was that Litz wire will work in a crossover but is unnecessary for such low-frequency operation. The purpose of that wire is to counteract the effective loss of conductor size due to "skin effect." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 yep inductors in crossovers are used to attenuate higher frequencies... so what if there is a bit more resistance due to skin effect... even if so tiny to be irrelevant at frequencies where crossovers are used as in bass or mid/high cuttoff say maximum 5KHz.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wirrunna Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 11:10 PM, Robbie010 said: Just about to finish my Type A crossovers with the inductors and was wondering if there is a right and wrong way to connect them? Due to the coriolis effect, in the southern hemisphere we always connect them so the current flows in a clockwise direction. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Seeing how some English-speaking folks in the southern hemisphere drive on the wrong side of the road (not on the right), I have to ask: how are your clocks oriented where you're at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wirrunna Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 9 hours ago, glens said: Seeing how some English-speaking folks in the southern hemisphere drive on the wrong side of the road (not on the right), I have to ask: how are your clocks oriented where you're at? Well the clock face is the same, 12 to the top, but sun dial pointers incline south and when I set up my Davis Vantage Vue weather station I had configure the wind at +180 degrees and Alternating Current sine waves always start going south (negative). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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