A method for operating a system having a device for the wireless transmission of energy to an electrical consumer by means of inductive coupling, and an electrical consumer, wherein the device has: a rectifier for generating a DC voltage from a line voltage, an inverter which is fed from the DC voltage and designed to generate a pulse-width-modulated activation signal, a power coil activated by the pulse-width-modulated activation signal, by means of which an alternating magnetic field can be generated to transmit the energy, a communication device designed to exchange data bi-directionally with the electrical consumer, and a regulator designed to regulate a power output by the inverter to a predetermined setpoint, and wherein the electrical consumer has: a switching device for changing the load impedance of the electrical consumer, and a communication device designed to exchange data bi-directionally with the device, wherein the method comprises the steps: synchronizing the operation of the device and the operation of the electrical consumer in such a way that, during a change in the load impedance of the electrical consumer, a transition frequency and/or a transition duty cycle of the pulse-width-modulated activation signal is/are set in such a way that voltages and/or currents induced in the electrical consumer do not exceed and/or fall below specified threshold values.