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Ok, I'm trying to wrap my head around this and I'm not sure what to think of it. Here's what I'm looking at right now but it could be any Tesla circuit of similar design.
Tesla says in the article it's best to use an AC generator with 5-10,000 cycles and 50-100V output.
Can that generator be replaced with a more modern device? (ie. 50% duty square wave generator (SQWG) into a step-up transformer to get approximate AC output).
What I'm not clear on is in the setup in Fig. 2, 3 or 4, does the generator not effect the primary circuit P with its characteristics (inductance, capacitance, etc)?
If I use a combination of the SQWG and step-up transformer as an AC source, will not my transformer's secondary become part of the tank circuit as well in some way (looking at Fig. 2 for example)?
I'm just confused because of the need to resonantly match all these parameters (primary, secondary, etc)... plus I don't even know if that weight stuff applies that Tesla talked about as well (1:1 primary vs secondary).
Tesla says in the article it's best to use an AC generator with 5-10,000 cycles and 50-100V output.
Can that generator be replaced with a more modern device? (ie. 50% duty square wave generator (SQWG) into a step-up transformer to get approximate AC output).
What I'm not clear on is in the setup in Fig. 2, 3 or 4, does the generator not effect the primary circuit P with its characteristics (inductance, capacitance, etc)?
If I use a combination of the SQWG and step-up transformer as an AC source, will not my transformer's secondary become part of the tank circuit as well in some way (looking at Fig. 2 for example)?
I'm just confused because of the need to resonantly match all these parameters (primary, secondary, etc)... plus I don't even know if that weight stuff applies that Tesla talked about as well (1:1 primary vs secondary).