Circuitikz american inductor with core

Question

Using circuitikz I am trying to get an americaninductor with a line next to it representing a core. Or said differently, I want something like a cute choke but with the coil looking like an americaninductor (semi-circles).  Something like the second inductor (FeSi Core inductor) 
Is this possible? My code is as follows:
documentclass{article}
usepackage[europeanresistors,americaninductors]{circuitikz}

begin{document}

begin{circuitikz}
 draw (0,-2)node[left] {} to  [short,o-] (0,0)
 to [short,-*] (1,0);
 draw [thick](1,0)-- +(30:0.89);
 draw (1.9,0) to[short,*-*](3,0)
 to [resistor](3,-3)
 to [lamp](3,-4)
 to [short,-*](3,-5)
 to (0,-5)
 to [short,-o] (0,-3);
 
 draw (3,0) to (5,0)
 to [L] (5,-3)
 to [lamp](5,-4)
 to (5,-5)
 to (3,-5);
end{circuitikz}

end{document}

Rmano · Accepted Answer

This should have happened before or after... ok, if you look at the manual, current version, page 45:

and the rationale is... I don't know. Probably it could be a reasonable feature request for the package, please feel free to add it. I will have a look to see if it's difficult to incorporate.
From now you can just add the line after-the-fact:
documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
usepackage{circuitikz}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[]
    draw (0,1) to [cute choke=$L_1$] ++(3,0);
    draw (0,0) to [american inductor=$L_2$, name=l] ++(3,0);
    draw [thick]([yshift=1pt]l.north west) -- ([yshift=1pt]l.north east);
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

Since v1.3.3 (not yet released on 2021-04-01) you will be able to use
draw (0,0) to [american inductor=$L_2$, name=l] ++(3,0);
draw [thick](l.core west) -- (l.core east);

so you will have no problems with rotations.

Nicolas · Answer

Like this ?

In this case, use to [cute choke] (5, -3) instead of to [L] (5, -3)
With the option twolineschoke like to [cute choke, twolineschoke ] (5, -3) you obtain

Circuitikz american inductor with core

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