Re: Help needed with voltage divider

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 


Hi Marco,

I suspect the vacuum doesn't get all the desolved gases out of the water.
You might try boiling the water to rid it of gases.

Gerry R.

 > Original poster: "Denicolai, Marco" <Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello all,
 >
 > I am also proceeding with my water voltage divider roughly described at
 >
 > http://www.iki.fi/dncmrc/work/hv_divider.htm
 >
 > My sealed distilled water column gives a 1:60 division ratio and a
 > second (compensated) stage at the bottom of it a 1:10 ratio, for a total
 > of about 1:600 ratio. The first stage resistance is about 1.2 Megaohms.
 > On the column top I have two copper pipes (6 mm o.d.) I used to pump
 > water in and air out. I used an old refrigerator pump to extract all the
 > air I could from the water. Then I sealed (soldered) the pipe tops. The
 > pipe tops and the bottom networks remain both enclosed inside two
 > rounded aluminium caps. Just a shielded cable going out of the ground
 > (bottom) terminal.
 >
 > After two weeks from the sealing air bubbles started again forming
 > inside the (plexi) tube. I am pretty sure I have no leaks. There are
 > also no sediments inside. The water is still clear. So, what's going on?
 > How pros do to get read of the air dissolved in the water?
 >
 > Anybody who can help me with this?
 >
 > Regards
 >
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 >
 >