The following is in reference to the High voltage experiment.
Not sure how accurate this is, but here's the calculation for the current that 1300 volts would produce through the plastic -->
Voltage source: 1300 volts
Total thickness of plastic: ~ 3e-3 m (3 mm)
Area of plastic: 5e-2 * 5e-2 (5 cm x 5 cm) = 2.5e-3 m^2
Plastic resistivity: ~ 1e+20 ohm-m
Total resistance = 1e+20 ohm-m * 3e-3 m / 2.5e-3 m^2 = 1.2e+20 ohms
Current: 1300 V / 1.2e+20 ohms = 1.1e-17 amps
So according to that, the current should be no higher than 1.1e-17 amps, yet for ~ a month it was a few nano amps. That means for ~ a month the current was ~ 200 million times higher.
It's been running for several months now, and just an hour ago it was 30 pA, which is 3 million times higher. We'll have to see if it behaves like diodes & piezos, which is stabilize at ~ 10 pA.
There might be some slight breakdown effect here in the plastic, but I've never seen any equations for that. The best way is probably to just measure the DC current leakage from the 1300 volt supply.
Created on 2009-10-12 21:18:49 by EnergyMover
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