Re: Electrets (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:10:18 -0000
From: colin.heath4 <colin.heath4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Electrets (fwd)

hi all,
        well i found a source to say what they are but its a free energy
site im a bit dubious about all this never decying in energy thing! what are
electrets please? and what can be done with them?
many thanks
colin heath

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Subject: Electrets (fwd)


> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:26:59 +1030
> From: Matthew Smith <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Electrets
>
> Hi All
>
> Anyone ever tried making electrets from wax, as per the November 1960
Scientific
> American 'Amateur Scientist' article?  (I'm not suggesting that I have
issues of
> SA from that long ago - it's all available on CD now.)
>
> About all I'd be able to get my hands on is DIY candle wax.  (Paraffin
wax, I
> guess.)  I thought that my 3kV insulation tester may make a suitable power
> supply for this.  (It's essentially a Variac and HV transformer.)
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
> --
> Matthew Smith
> Kadina Business Consultancy
> South Australia
> http://www.kbc.net.au
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