Re: Water Pig

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Original poster: "Bunnykiller by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Charles T. Pike by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ctpike-at-rcn-dot-com>
>
>There seems to be some confusion about the use of water as a
>dielectric.  Water can only store a charge for a short time, typically
>microseconds. It is useful in pulsed power systems as a fast capacitor
>to charge in microseconds and discharge in nanoseconds, but it is not
>usable in a DC or low frequency capacitor no matter how pure the water
>is.
>
>Charlie
>
hmmmmmmmm...   dionized water does act as an insulator but once it contacts 
any foriegn metallic material it is history as an insulator ( basic 
chemistry 101 will prove this)   so why even try??

SD