Power transfer system

A power transfer system comprising a transfer pick-up circuit for inductively picking up power from a cable carrying an alternating supply current, the alternating supply current alternates at a cable frequency, wherein said transfer pick-up circuit comprising:

• a first circuit comprising the secondary winding of a transformer for providing an inductive coupling to the cable and a first capacitive module connected in parallel to the transformer, wherein the first circuit has a first resonance in a first frequency range around a first resonance frequency, and
• a second circuit connected in parallel to the first circuit and comprising a second inductive module and means to transfer power to the a load, the means being in series with the second inductive module,
• wherein the first circuit and the second circuit together form the transfer pick-up circuit that is resonant, and wherein the resonance frequency of the transfer pick-up of the transfer pick-up circuit comprising a load with nominal impedance, is closer to the cable frequency than the first resonance frequency.