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Slothie:
... are they the same thing? If you look at the component catalogues they seem to make a distinction, but what actually is the difference? I have a couple of axial chokes or 5.6uH and I need a ~5uH inductor for a switch mode voltage converter. Is it going to do? Or is there something special about the cores in "chokes" rather than inductors?

Ian

SeanB:
Same thing, like capacitors are often referred to as condensers.

Simon:
Inductors and chokes alike will have characteristics other than their inductance but the two words are synonymous and often used based on context

PeterG:
They are both the same thing, however I have only seen inductors called Chokes when used in high power devices such as UPS units.

Regards

A Hellene:
Chokes, transformers, fly-backs, toroidals, ferrite beads, coils, etc., ARE inductors, which, as a term, denotes the family including any passive electrical component with inductive behavior and properties.

'Inductor' is a general term, like capacitor, resistor, semiconductor, etc.


-George

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