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Re: TC Secondary Electrostatic Charge



tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com On Thu, 14 Mar 1996 20:01:03 +0700, you
wrote:



>I think you are experiencing dielectric memory. The general rule I
>apply to capacitors is : _never_ assume the cap is fully discharged
>just because you have discharged it. A safe capacitor is one with
>a short applied to its terminals. I have been bitten more than once
>like this. What seems to happen is that the stressed dielectric slowly
>unstresses over a period of time.
>
>Malcolm
>
>
It's probably related to the Electric effect (sp). Take a suitable
polar molecule, melt it, apply an electric field, allow the compound
to solidify with the electric field across it. The Electric(sp) is the
electrostatic equivalent of a permanant magnet.

	jim