stupid question about distilled water

[Goofproof]

Interesting fact on water. Did you know water is NOT a conductor of electricty? Before you go out and test it, let me explain. I had a professor tell me that. As an electrician I knew better than that. He finally explained. Pure water, like distilled water, doesn't have the minerals in it. It's the minerals in it that make it a conductor. Well, logic won that battle. I would have never thought of that. Just something I found interesting.

One of those that think professors know what they are teaching. Water is made up of H and O atoms, they are made up of electrons and protons, held together by electric charges. While pure water isn't as good a conductor as copper, it is a better conductor than air.

you are quite wrong about this. pure water is a dielectric.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Btf38w8kzY
http://www.lenntech.com/applications/ul ... tivity.htm

You might want to watch both of the videos you posted. They both prove, that pure water is a poor conductor of electricty, it still conducts electricity.

A perfect dielectric conducts no electricty, nada. Jim

Glass is better than pure water, so is natural rubber.

[palerider]

Interesting fact on water. Did you know water is NOT a conductor of electricty? Before you go out and test it, let me explain. I had a professor tell me that. As an electrician I knew better than that. He finally explained. Pure water, like distilled water, doesn't have the minerals in it. It's the minerals in it that make it a conductor. Well, logic won that battle. I would have never thought of that. Just something I found interesting.

One of those that think professors know what they are teaching. Water is made up of H and O atoms, they are made up of electrons and protons, held together by electric charges. While pure water isn't as good a conductor as copper, it is a better conductor than air.

you are quite wrong about this. pure water is a dielectric.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Btf38w8kzY
http://www.lenntech.com/applications/ul ... tivity.htm

You might want to watch both of the videos you posted. They both prove, that pure water is a poor conductor of electricty, it still conducts electricity.

A perfect dielectric conducts no electricty, nada. Jim

Glass is better than pure water, so is natural rubber.

well, gee, I did watch the *ONE* video I posted, and wherein the gentleman with the HI-POT tester determined that for his purposes, and the 1+KV application, that distilled water would be a fine insulator.

[Goofproof]

It's all relative, but if i'm wet, i'm not going to touch that live wire, never know when a dog will whizz in your jar of distilled water. You also have salt on your skin, it will get into that distilled water on your body. Jim

[palerider]

It's all relative, but if i'm wet, i'm not going to touch that live wire, never know when a dog will whizz in your jar of distilled water. You also have salt on your skin, it will get into that distilled water on your body. Jim

I believe the point was about pure water, not wizzed in, sweated in water....

[ChicagoGranny]

I went to a boxing match, and a hockey game broke out.

I went to a distilled water thread, and an electrical conductor thread broke out.

[Goofproof]

I went to a boxing match, and a hockey game broke out.

I went to a distilled water thread, and an electrical conductor thread broke out.

After 7 years, it's about time to add some new info, no one seems to be able to read the threads. Seeing how the post was answered over and over, sometimes even correctly. Jim

[archangle]

You have to watch how you apply this knowledge. If you wet your skin with distiled water, your wet skin is much more conductive than it was before because of salts and other substances on your skin. The same can be true with other surfaces. There may be contaminants on the surface that become conductive when wet, even with distilled water.

Even distilled water can greatly increase shock hazard in some circumstances.

[Goofproof]

You have to watch how you apply this knowledge. If you wet your skin with distiled water, your wet skin is much more conductive than it was before because of salts and other substances on your skin. The same can be true with other surfaces. There may be contaminants on the surface that become conductive when wet, even with distilled water.

Even distilled water can greatly increase shock hazard in some circumstances.

That was my point, but it was pointless. Jim

[ChicagoGranny]

Be careful out there. Different people are shocked by different things in different ways.

[Goofproof]

Be careful out there. Different people are shocked by different things in different ways.

Now I am confused. Are they A/C or D/C¿¿¿ JIM

BTW, Cute and Creative!

[Cdandrea16]

I don't believe it's a stupid question at all. My husband has only been using cacao for 6 months and just had surgery to remove polyps in sinuses and surgeon said he had a fungus up there. From clap or not? Never had any issues in the past before this.

[Julie]

ALL Cpap does is add a bit of extra (filtered) room air that helps prop your airway more open. There is nothing about it that could cause those problems. I have no idea what you're referring to about cocoa (or do you mean cacao?).

[chunkyfrog]

My husband has only been using cacao for 6 months . . .

PLEASE refer me to his doctor-- I really LIKE cacao.
Silly autocorrect--makes you scream or makes you laugh.

[palerider]

surgeon said he had a fungus up there. From clap or not?.

yes, probably from the clap