[Fwd: Iron Cores]

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

 >>Tesla used iron cored secondaries, but I have not.

	Early on.  His later (better?  More knowledgeably built?)
	coils did not (??  Wardenclyffe?)  (I am not proposing
	that we Need to Do It That Way, just a bit of historical
	info.

 > Never knew about the iron core secondaries,

	Experiments with Currents of ....
	Possibly in the patents.
	My impression is that he moved away from them.

 > but was just the other day wondering if an iron core primary
 > and iron core secondary (separated by non conductive material)
 > would act differently than any other coil.

	Lossier, maybe.  Maybe overcoupled.

	best
	dwp