Inductors in Parallel Calculator

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All inductor values are entered and displayed in this unit.
Equivalent inductance: find the total from all known values. Find missing inductor: enter a target total and all-but-one known inductors to solve for the remaining one.
Inductance of the first inductor.
mH
Inductance of the second inductor.
mH
Leave blank to use only L1 and L2.
mH
Leave as 0 to exclude from the calculation.
mH
mH
mH
mH
mH
Enter a signal frequency to also compute the inductive reactance (XL) of the equivalent inductor at that frequency.
Hz
Equivalent inductance
3.3333

Total inductance of the parallel combination

Equivalent inductance (display unit)3.3333 mH
Inductors used3
Equivalent inductance3.3333

Equivalent inductance: 3.3333 mH from 3 inductors in parallel.

  • The equivalent inductance (3.3333 mH) is always less than the smallest individual inductor.
  • Your smallest inductor is 10.0000 mH - the equivalent is 33.3% of that value.
  • Parallel inductors behave exactly like parallel resistors - each added branch provides an extra current path, reducing the total opposition to current change.
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