> You don't. =A0You look it up in the inductor's datasheet.
>
I know but with my setup, which I described a minute ago will
(practically) push any non air core inductor way past saturation.

> Calculating saturation current is only done by little elves in a hollow t=
ree
> and requires a regular supply of dead fish.
>
> Actually there are ways if you're not a elf, but it gets complicated.
> Roughly you get the spec for the core material and find the magnetic flux
> your particular core made from that material can take. =A0Then you determ=
ine
> the loop current required to generate that flux, then divide that by the
> number of turns to get the current thru the wire.
>

So now that I can calculate the saturation point, what happens to
inductance? I know it doesn't drop to zero but from what I've measured
it drops off exponentially with rising current.

I know I'm off into elf zone with this, but I know it can be solved
with a mixture of work done by Ampere and Maxwell and perhaps others.

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