Re: Help needed with voltage divider

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


What about using "Hydro-caps" which recombine hydrogen and oxygen into 
water (as used on Lead Acid batteries)


At 01:07 PM 7/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
>
>Hi Marco,
>
>You may have to pull a vacuum on the water or boil it to drive out as much 
>dissolved gas as possible.  It is possible gas trapped in the walls of the 
>tubing is also getting into the water over time.  I would heat it to say 
>50C and see if a bunch of gas shows up.  If you bleed off the air at 50C 
>and seal it again, any little gas left should just dissolve into the gas 
>starved fluid.
>
>This is what "I think" but I don't "know" for sure.
>
>Cheers,
>
>         Terry
>
>
>At 01:52 AM 7/27/2004, you wrote:
>>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