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Re: witricity legality?

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Originally Posted by Matt H. View Post
It is most definitely illegal to make a custom circuit to convert the DC power provided by the battery into AC power require for inductance. While in theory DC induction could work the coils quickly become magnetically saturated and therefore not useable. Because you can not provide a source of AC power on the robot (or a custom inverter to convert the battery power) you can not use such a method to power your robot.
Please provide the rule which would disallow a custom circuit (inverter) that would change DC to a very specific AC frequency. I do not believe you will find one.
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