Magnifier without magnetic coupling ? ? ? Simple pi-network

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

I've been doing a lot of thinking about magnifiers lately and was thinking
it may be possible to get a system working that doesn't require the primary
/ secondary type driver.

Basically, if you have a conventional primary circuit comprised of the HV
transformer, spark gap, primary capacitor and primary inductance, you could
take a direct tap
off the primary circuit and attach it to the base of a secondary resonator.
It would be a simple pi-network and the output voltage would be similar to
that of the
conventional three coil magnifier and a function of the square root of the
primary capacitor divided by the secondary distributed+topload capacitance.

Is this type of system something Tesla ever experimented with??  If so, what
are the known disadvantages and/or advantages of this type of system.

 >From simulations alone, this looks like something that could prove very
favorable results.  Whether it would work in the real world, is a whole
other thing.

What are your thoughts??

Dan