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Re: Results of Paper & Poly & Oil
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 23:21:35 +0500
From: "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Results of Paper & Poly & Oil
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997 11:57:22 -0400 Thomas McGahee
tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com> wrote;
> I recently disassembled a flat plate capacitor that I had built using
> both poly and paper under oil. The reason for disassembly was to cut
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> exact location due to a slight cut in the poly material's surface.
> The paper was very useful in making visible the effects of corona at
> the edges of the plates and at poly weak points. In no way did the
> paper appear to be degrading the operation of the capacitor, and it
> was particularly revealing that there was absolutely no discoloration
> of the paper that was directly under the plates. The paper had done
> an admirable job of wicking in the oil, and I highly recommend its
> use...
Fr. Tom, thanks for sharing your observations with the list! The
degrading at the edges of the plates is somewhat expected, I would
think increasing the overall size of the dielectric in relation to
the conducting plates would tend to eliminate this. I'm not sure of
what you mean by "ends of the plates" though, I assume the
discoloration is occurring all along the peripheral edges of the
conductor plates. Could you be a bit more descriptive as to what you
are calling the ends though?
Sincerely
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