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Transformer and Inductor Design Handbook (Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Vol 49)

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This book is superbly written and covers every possible asset of transformer and inductor design (torroidal transformers included). I have used this book to design transformers for a company in South Africa with great success. Take note that this book is not written with the beginner in mind, so a good background of electromagnetism is required in order to understand some of the concepts.

This is probably the best book on transformer design that I've found. It's geared towards the engineer who actually wants to design a real working transformer. The text is comprehensive, and the discussions are inteligent and easy to follow. There are tons of real word examples. As I was reading this book, there were many times when the lights went on in my head, and subjects that where previously a mystery, became crystal clear. There are so many poorly written books out there on this subject that it is a real pleasure to come across a book so well written.

Wether you are an engineer, technician, or just an interested layman, this book will take you from the grass roots understanding of basic magnetics all the way through to some fairly advanced topics. Among magnetics engineers, I have found it to be one of THE BEST for properly setting up foundational knowledge and theory. Too many engineers have weak or incomplete foundations and quickly hit a plateau where they can't go further until they go back and really understand the basics. If you buy one book, buy this one. The other two books I would recommend of this caliber are no longer in print.

I wish I had this book many years ago....Since it answers many design problems I have already figured out the hard way, through lots of grind and sweat... At this time I don't really need the book, but intrigued how the Colonel approaches magnetics problems in the same manner I approach them...
The book is written in a clear, no-nonsense straight to the point approach. The way all technical textbooks "should" be written.... Although a solid theoretical understanding is paramount in magnetics, there is no need to re-invent the wheel everytime you approach magnetics, the Colonel shows this, unlike books that start at Maxwell's equations to solve every problem is just an academic excercise to satisfy one's ego...
I did work at JPL briefly and wish I had the oppurtunity to sit down and talk to the Colonel...
I highly recommend this book... Other books to accompany this text would be by Reuben Lee "Electronic Transformers and Circuits" 2nd edition as well as the "Classic" "Magnetic Circuits and Transformers" by M.I.T (Hardcover 1958)

I am sure this book is adequate for electronics design but I was after something for big trandformers (MVA not VA)

Colonel Wm. T. McLyman; Kg Magnetics, Inc; 3rd edition CRC Press.
This text is chock full of inductor and transformer design info right down to subtile influences such as primary-2-secondary winding positional influence on total leakage flux. (i.e do use bifilar winding). All kinds of informative tips & hints. Has core selection types regarding frequency response. Abundance of excellent pictorial diagrams and explanations in very understandable form. wow.

FYI Another Text
Inductance calculations by Frederick W. Grover ISBN:0-87664-557-0 is good on air coupled coils. this one I bought at ISA_'85, Phila.

The images in the book (Kindle Edition) are of too low resolutions.
Even I zoom in using Kindle on iPad, I can hardly read the text in the image.
And in this book, there are a lot of text tables in the images.

Amazon, please update this book with higher resolution images.

Excellent source for design. New version of the book is little pricey.
Information is valuable but could have been written little better.

This book supplies explanation clear and exhausting to many problems that every encounter day in the planning of transformers even if lacks many arguments that I'de like to me to deepen, but is a profit point of departure for me.

I would highly recommend the book. I was able to fairly quickly design a resonant inductor for a 500 watt ballast. The calculations agreed with the test test data very well.