RE: Help needed with voltage divider

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Original poster: "Denicolai, Marco" <Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs-dot-com> 

Hi Terry,

I also found (today) from the web the same solution you mention to
extract dissolved gases from the water. Boil it and then seal it.
Another possibility is to create a cavity in the top and bottom of the
tube so that the collected air bubble will not deposit on the top/bottom
electrodes but "beyond" them. The resistance will then remain
unaffected.

I plan to hang the probe from the ceiling, upside down to touch the TC
toroid. Its HV terminal will be 3 m from the floor and its GND terminal
about 6 m from the floor. I hope to achieve a minimal capacity to
ground.

Best Regards

 > You may have to pull a vacuum on the water or boil it to
 > drive out as much dissolved gas as possible.  It is possible
 > gas trapped in the walls of the tubing is also getting into
 > the water over time.  I would heat it to say 50C and see if a
 > bunch of gas shows up.  If you bleed off the air at 50C and
 > seal it again, any little gas left should just dissolve into
 > the gas starved fluid.
 >
 > This is what "I think" but I don't "know" for sure.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry