Re: How low (frequency) can you go? Re: Wireless Power Transmission

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Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx 

In a message dated 3/27/07 12:18:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>At some point, doesn't it stop being a Tesla Coil and just be a BIG
>HV transformer, when you get down to <1 kHz.  Or maybe the
>distinguishing feature of a TC is air core and the resonant system?
>
>After all, they build large resonant transformer systems for HV testing.

    A while back (three years ago!) , Antonio corrected some of my 
musings by pointing out:

    "A Tesla coil is, precisely, only the system composed of a 
transformer with capacitive loads at both sides, that transfers 
energy initially stored in the primary capacitor to the secondary capacitance."

    Antonio has made the distinction that he considers some of the 
SSTC's to *not* be Tesla Coils by this definition. Although some 
disagreed with him then, and no doubt will now...

    Funny how we always have these discussions about keeping the 
Tesla Coil Mailing List on-topic, yet we haven't agreed on the 
definition of a Tesla Coil?

-Phil LaBudde




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