[sdiy] How do reverb tanks work?

[JH.]

>Did you see the comments here:
>
http://www.accutronicsreverb.com/drvcirc.htm

Yes. I had posted a couple of stupid questions _before_ I'd seen that.
Afterwards, it's mainly the low power that puzzles me.

>I'm too magnetically challenged (it's been since the 1980's since I had 
>a course that discussed magnetics and haven't used it since then) to 
>convert the given 2.5 A-T into something meaningful.  I'd love to be 
>educated though...

That's easy: 2.5 Ampere-Turns, meaning the core doesn't see a difference
between one turn (a single loop) carrying 2.5A of current, or a coil with
10 turns carrying 250mA, or 100 turns carrying 25mA.

That way, you can give one limiting value (Ampere * Turns) for all kinds of
windings (high impedance = many turns, or low impedance= few turns).

JH.