So my garden strimmer stopped. Found this broken wire, removed heatshrink from what looked like a connector. Found this odd coil around a central rod ( ferrite?). Soldered broken part and it works. What does that coil do?
My garden strimmer stopped working, found broken wire, what is this coil for?
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Could it be a choke to reduce interference? Just a guess.
scotjimland
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as said ^^^^^
ferrite rod core inductor for interference suppression
ferrite rod core inductor for interference suppression
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That makes sense, none of my neighbours have rushed out with pitchforks. Looks like the cheapest component possible. Thanks.
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