In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:08:15 +0200: Hi, [snip] >Assuming for a moment the plasma was actually holding excess >electrons, why wouldn't they just fly to the inside of the glass >envelope, which is of course positively charged, and remain stuck on >that dielectric? This would result in a larger capacitor with the same >charge, i.e. a drop in capacitor voltage. [snip] I suspect that there is already charge on the inside of the glass. However you are correct in as much as I also can't see any reason why it wouldn't just stay there. IOW maybe this device really doesn't work as advertised. Regards,
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