Re: Residual charge left on caps

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Gary,

OK, we wont go there.  Dialectric tensor is for the case where the
dialectric material is anisotropic.   The tensor is a 3x3 matrix of
permitivities that describes the dependency of the Displacement field in
each of the x, y, and z directions on the permitivity (e) matrix of e11,
e12, e13, ... e33 and the E field in x, y, and z direction .  [D] = [e] [E]
example:  Dx = e11*Ex + e12*Ey + e13*Ez

Gerry R

 > Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 >
 > I don't know what "dialectric tensor" is.  Coronal rectification is the
 > tendency for corona current to flow more-so when a coronal charge is one
 > polarity over the other.  This occurs when the electrodes are dissimilar -
 > one more pointy and one less-so, and is the underlying mechanism for the
DC
 > static charge that is deposited on our secondary forms and shocks us after
 > the power is turned off.  But please, the archives are full of that topic
 > so let's not go there.
 >
 > Regards, Gary Lau
 > MA, USA
 >
 >
 >   > Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 >   >
 >   > A while back I performed some MicroSim simulations to try to see what
 > could
 >   > be causing such a thing to occur.  I did include unequal leakage
 >   > resistances as well as unequal capacitances, but I was unable to get
any
 >   > cumulative charge to build over multiple mains cycles.  It's got to be
 >   > something non-linear, like coronal rectification.
 >   >
 >   > Gary Lau
 >   > MA, USA