SORRY I BELIEVE IT NOW... WATER INSULATES!!!!!! Sorry Jim, see below post...

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

sorry jim
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Subject: Re: General Questions


> Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
>
> Jason and all,
>
> Jim's right - believe it! The world's largest pulse generator (Sandia's
> awesome Z Accelerator) uses a swimming pool sized chamber full of
deionized
> water as the insulating medium for low impedance high voltage transmission
> lines that connect 36 Marx Generators, delivering 20 million amperes of
> current into a cylinder of tiny tungsten wires for fusion experiments.
And,
> once most of the gigantic 290 terawatt pulse has come and gone, the water
> then breaks down, safely dissipating the small amount of energy that's
left
> over, covering the surface of the water with spidery lightning-like
> discharges.
> The water dielectric then "heals" for the next shot.
>
> Check out:
>   http://www.sandia.gov/media/z290.htm
>
> And, if you've got a high speed internet connection, download the awesome
> 2.8 MB 150 DPI image... :^)
>
> Best regards,
>
> -- Bert --
> --
> Bert Hickman
> Stoneridge Engineering
> Email:    bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net
> Web Site: http://www.teslamania-dot-com
>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> >
> > Au contraire... deionized pure water is a fine insulator, particularly
for
> > pulsed applications.  Typical minimum resistivity in this sort of
> > application is  2 Megohm cm.  The disposable DI cartridges do a nice
job.
> >
> > Getting the pure water for home use isn't all that hard (you can buy it
at
> > the supermarket).. keeping it clean is the challenge. The system will
tend
> > to contaminate it, which is why the systems that use this approach
almost
> > always use cartridge deionizers (or a big version of the same...)
> >
> > Tesla list wrote:
> > >
> > > Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> > >
> > > no water really isnt a very good insulator - por a jug over a mains
socket
> > > and find out :)
> > >
> > > Jason> And air.  And porcelain.  And epoxy.  And water.  and SF6...
> > > > And vacuum.
> > > >
> > > > (yes: Water.  As I've mentioned, near here (powering this
> > > > post in part) is a +/- 500kvdc (DC) converter.  For cooling
> > > > AND insulation of the switch stacks:
> > > > Very Pure Water....)
> > > >
> > > > Now getting That Pure water for 'home' use is tricky.  As is
> > > > SF6 and air and hard vacuum.
> > > >
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