Re: Water as a conductor

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

I think it would be safe to say that nobody uses water as a dielectric in a
"sealed system".  They almost always have some sort of continuous
filtering/deionization, which solves the problem of leaching of ions and
contaminants.


Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> 
> If A.C is put through water it is very insulating because the ions never
> actually move anywhere...the electrodes keep oscilating between +ve and -ve
> so the ions never move. I see the point, but you'd have to use platinum or
> gold electrodes to avoid contamination of the water. and what type of
> container would be used? it would have to be ultra-clean glass or something
> to keep the water that pure!!
> 
> Jason