Re: Water As Dielectric

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• Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:23:24 -0600
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From:	Gomez [SMTP:gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com]
Sent:	Thursday, November 13, 1997 8:34 AM
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Subject:	Re: Water As Dielectric

Water is a wonderful dielectric... for very short periods of time.  It is 
often used for transmission lines in pulse-discharge work.  But it ionizes 
rather quickly, and stays that way for some time.  You can't use it for RF 
or DC work where it's constantly exposed to an ionizing potential.

The reason you can't find a dielectric strength for water is because it's not 
constant, because it ionizes.  Use boiled-out mineral oil or transformer 
oil.  Transformer oil isn't really all that expensive- you can get it in 
5-gal cans for anywhere from $25 - $100.

-- 
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pyrophiliac, technomage, goth, faan, lighting designer, dominant 
pervert, and juggler of labels... http://www-dot-netherworld-dot-com/~gomez

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