Re: WATER CAPACITOR EXPERIMENT!!!!

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

I'd echo Ed's suggestion.. easy test.

If water doesn't work there are other liquids with high dielectric constant
(although not as good as water) that might interesting to fool with.  Castor
Oil springs to mind.

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Subject: Re: WATER CAPACITOR EXPERIMENT!!!!


 > Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 > "Original poster: "eahab el naga" <eahab1-at-msn-dot-com>
 >
 > I have spent the last two days reading virtually every post on water
 > capacitors... Here's a summary of what I understood:
 >
<big snip>

Ed's comments:>
 > Contamination of the water takes time, so I'd suggest you first try
 > putting that capacitor into a bucket of water and see how it behaves
 > immediately.  As for the acrylic, it will puncture immediately so skip
 > it for now.  Save yourself a lot of work and, if all looks well,
 > continue with your plans.  If it doesn't find out why before going to
 > all of that effort.
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >