It's not so much seeing a reason for it to occur as i tend not to either as much as there is evidence that it DOES in fact occur when the conditions are met.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > 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, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > >
