In message
<d250d01e39356a4e9cc3b4b459d665503ccdb...@ms-cda-01.advanced-input.com>,
dated Wed, 25 Apr 2012, "McInturff, Gary" <[email protected]>
writes:
How does the charge exceed the applied gun discharge. If I am at 4kV
for example, the ungrounded equipment rises to 4kV until it's removed
or disappointed, but how would another charge of the same level
increase it.
This takes me back to the 'Boy's Book of Electricity' and experiments
with an electrophorus (a metal baseplate, a layer of dielectric that can
be charged by friction and a cover disc with an insulated handle). There
IS a way of doubling a static voltage and it DOES involve grounding
something, but I can't remember the way to do it, 60 years later.
I don't mean charging the electrophorus as a capacitor and then lifting
the cover off, thus reducing the capacitance and increasing the voltage.
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