Tesla Switch need help

[Bessler007]

If you're putting electrical pressure on one side of a transformer with twice the frequency (or some harmonic of that) compared to  the other side, there would be more power in the higher freq.  The question is what supplies the power to produce the higher frequency?  It sounds like a switching nightmare to me that would need more than just a center tapped transformer.  I have no idea right now how you could put 100hz on one side and produce 50 on the other (for example).

That would cause an imbalanced transformer.  There is more energy in higher frequencies.  Then there is the efficiency of the transformer plus system losses.

Lots to think about.

[Groundloop]

Bessler007,

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hello
? Sent to: Groundloop on: January 16, 2008, 07:51:30 PM

How's the circuit going?

Bessler
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I will post information about my circuit as soon as I have something to post.

Groundloop.

[Bessler007]

  I should get my breadboard out and knock the dust off it.  I think I still remember how to launch op amps off it and crack them to pieces.

edit:  I have formed some interesting questions. 

[hansvonlieven]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I do remember reading somewhere that the so called Tesla switch has absolutely nothing to do with Tesla or any one of his devices.

Someone just called it that. (presumably the originator of the circuit)

Hans von Lieven

EDIT:  Found it.

As can be seen in the first file, the original circuit was developed by Ronald Brandt. The 1983 date of the Brandt circuit pre-dates John's work on this system. Ron's circuits used mechanical contacters as switches, but apparently worked quite well, as long as the contacters lasted. John was the first to adapt this circuit to solid-state switching, using the SG 1524 dual flip-flop functions and bipolar transistors as the switches. So, exactly why this is called the Tesla Switch is beyond me.

Source: http://www.energeticforum.com/renewable-energy/962-use-tesla-switch.html

[Groundloop]

@Bessler007,

That is the spirit. Build, test and research! :-)

@Hansvonlieven,

If you follow your own posted link you will find this:

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THE CIGAR-BOX SIZE TESLA SWITCH

Bedini was then invited to speak at the Tesla Centennial Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO, on August, 11, 1984, The symposium honored the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Nikola Tesla in the USA, and was sponsored by the Tesla Committee, by the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Pikes Peak Section, and by the Ford Aerospace& Communications Corporation,Colorado Springs Operation. At the symposium, Bedini demonstrated an inexpensive, cigar-box sized Tesla-type converter witch he had recently built. Throughout the demonstration, which lasted a full 24 hours during the symposium, a constant load was being drawn out of the system to do work, Nevertheless, the converter kept the nickel-cadmium batteries fully charged! The concept, witch had been originated by Nikola Tesla, was given to John Bedini by Ronald Brandt, who was a personal friend of Nikola Tesla. Brandt is reputed to have a similar converter which he has used for years without loosing the battery charge. Bedini presented the schematic diagram showing how to build the solid-state device, and then released copies of the schematic diagram.
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Link: http://www.icehouse.net/john1/tesla.html

@All,

I have my new PCBs now and has started to solder the components. Hope to get started with testing this weekend.

Groundloop.