Thanks for all the responses. I have found ferrites with higher current capability from steward.com. Bob --- "Ingraham, Andrew" <Andrew.Ingraham@xxxxxx> wrote: > Just an fyi --- > > My understanding of ferrite beads is that their > filtering effectiveness > is what drops off when you exceed the current > "limit" ... not the DC > output voltage. > > Most ferromagnetic devices are softly nonlinear, and > the AC electrical > characteristics change when the current is too > great. But the DC > voltage drop could still be close to zero (esp. if > it's a bead slipped > over a low gauge wire). > > > ---------- > > Also this ferrite bead has curent limit > > to 300ma, now if the circuit draws more than 300ma > , > > then the voltage will start dropping at the input > of > > the circuit. Hence cannot use ferrite beads. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go > to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the > Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are > viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu