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Old 02-15-2021, 10:20 AM
old_coot88 old_coot88 is offline
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Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald View Post
I've never ever heard them called Oudin coils. They are always called Tesla coils.
Doesn't a true Tesla coil need the capacitance of a top load (big smooth sphere) for resonating the secondary? Or maybe 'tesla coil' is sometimes used in a colloquial sense.

Last edited by old_coot88; 02-15-2021 at 12:43 PM.
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