Re: Solid-state TC - transformer design

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• Subject: Re: Solid-state TC - transformer design
• From: Steve Roys <sroys-at-umabnet.ab.umd.edu>
• Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 09:00:18 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Tesla List wrote:

> The only system that I can see possibly working without a ground
> connection is the "Oudin" type coil. A long horizontal seconday coil with a
> toriod on each end, driven by a conventional primary around the middle.

That is simply a bipolar Tesla coil.  An Oudin coil, to the best of my
knowledge, is a Tesla coil where the secondary is an extension of the
primary (sort of an autotransformer type hookup).  The popular info is
a bit fuzzy about the distinction, but I think that when all the smoke
clears, Oudin coils had been previously investigated by Tesla, and should
rightfully be called "Tesla coils".  Oudin simply popularized them for a
specific purpose.

Steve Roys.

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